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"The Ten Commandments contain 297 words. The Bill of Rights is stated in 463 words. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address contains 266 words. A recent federal directive to regulate the price of cabbage contains 26,911 words." (Atlanta Journal)
"On the Web we are made out of sentences, and some people insist on showing up hideously deformed."-- livejournal user: vilious
In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs forever and ever.-- Oscar Wilde
The average girl would rather have beauty than brains because she knows that the average man can see much better than he can think. (Ladies' Home Journal)
"It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end."-- Ursula K. Le Guin
There is much to be said in favor of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.-- Oscar Wilde
Q: How many journalists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
A: Three. One to report it as an inspired government program to bring light to the people, one to report it as a diabolical government plot to deprive the poor of darkness, and one to win a Pulitzer prize for reporting that Electric Company hired a lightbulb-assassin to break the bulb in the first place.
During a recent three-hour train journey in a carriage full of bawling kiddies, it struck me that it is odd that railways and airlines separate smokers from non-smokers, but not children from people.-- Eamonn McManus
Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.-- Erica Jong
Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: No one to blame.-- Erica Jong
The reward for a job well done is more work.
Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily.-- George Santayana