Famous quotes by Journalists

"Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate"

"Creditor. One of a tribe of savages dwelling beyond the Financial Straits and dreaded for their desolating incursions"

"Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs"

"Convent - a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness"

"Bacchus, n.: A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk"

"Architect. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your money"

"Love doesn't make the word go 'round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile"

"One advantage of talking to yourself is that you know at least somebody's listening"

"The easiest way to solve a problem is to pick an easy one"

"Originality is the art of concealing your source"

"A fanatic is one who sticks to his guns whether they're loaded or not"

"When you get something for nothing, you just haven't been billed for it yet"

"Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they're going to catch you in next"

"The good news is that, according to the Obama administration, the rich will pay for everything. The bad news is that, according to the Obama administration, you're rich"

"When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators"

"Earnestness is stupidity sent to college"

"Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power"

"Despite what many Americans think, most Soviets do not yearn for capitalism or Western-style democracy"

"The future has a way of arriving unannounced"

"Look, three love affairs in history, are Abelard and Eloise, Romeo and Juliet and the American media and this President at the moment. But this doesn't matter over time. Reality will impinge. If his programs work, he's fine. If it doesn't work, all of the adulation of journalists in the world won't matter"

"Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness"

"Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever"

"There is luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else has a right to blame us"

"An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it"

"Man cannot be uplifted; he must be seduced into virtue"

"I'll say this for adversity: people seem to be able to stand it, and that's more than I can say for prosperity"

"Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people"

"Fun is like life insurance; the older you get, the more it costs"

"Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while"

"Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn't have as many monuments to unveil"