Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - April 18, 2024
Trying to be a first-rate reporter on the average American newspaper is like trying to play Bach's 'St. Matthew's Passion' on a ukulele.
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Bagdikian's Observation  
All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.
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Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)  
I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.
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Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)  
Sometimes I get the feeling the whole world is against me, but deep down I know that's not true. Some smaller countries are neutral.
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Robert Orben  
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