Russell Baker
“People seem to enjoy things more when they know a lot of other people have been left out of the pleasure.”
“People seem to enjoy things more when they know a lot of other people have been left out of the pleasure.”
“The world is round; it has no point.”
“God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.”
“Public speaking is the art of diluting a two-minute idea with a two-hour vocabulary.”
“I don’t mind what Congress does, as long as they don’t do it in the streets and frighten the horses.”
“Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn’t mean you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar.”
“If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.”
“Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend’s success.”
“Seek simplicity, and distrust it.”
“I hate music, especially when it’s played.”