Carl Bernstein The greatest felony in the news business today is to be behind, or to miss a big story. So speed and quantity substitute for thoroughness and quality, for accuracy and context. – Carl Bernstein Accuracy Quotes Business Quotes Context Quotes Felony Quotes News Quotes Quality Quotes Quantity Quotes Speed Quotes Story Quotes Substitute Quotes Thoroughness Quotes The pressure to compete, the fear somebody else will make the splash first, creates a frenzied environment in which a blizzard of information is presented and serious questions may not be raised. The lowest form of popular culture – lack of information, misinformation, disinformation and a contempt for the truth or the reality of most people’s lives – has overrun real journalism.
Smedley Butler My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of the higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military. – Smedley Butler
Chris Riddell I want to put the joy of creativity, of drawing every day, of having a go and being surprised at what one can achieve with just a pencil and an idea at the heart of my term as laureate. I want to make sure people have fun whilst addressing fundamental issues I care about passionately. – Chris Riddell
Hermann Hesse The bourgeois prefers comfort to pleasure, convenience to liberty, and a pleasant temperature to the deathly inner consuming fire. – Hermann Hesse
Gerald F Lieberman It is unfair to believe everything we hear about lawyers, some of it might not be true. – Gerald F Lieberman
Keith Whitley You may not hear much bluegrass on the surface of my music, but I feel the emotion I put in a song comes from bluegrass. Bluegrass taught me to interpret a song, not just sing it. – Keith Whitley
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