Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2017-11-12 Nov 10, 2017The media can now wistfully reflect on their glory days of the 1970's when the majority of people actually bought into their bullshit.~ Laura K. Van OnymousRead, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity.~ Gotthold Ephraim Lessing...the mainstream media's monopoly on information is over.~ Peggy Noonan Nov 9, 2017While birds can fly, only humans can argue. Argument is the affirmation of our being. It is the principal instrument of human intercourse. Without argument the species would perish. As a subtle suggestion, it is the means by which we aid another. As a warning, it steers us from danger. As exposition, it teaches. As an expression of creativity, it is the gift of ourselves. As a protest, it struggles for justice. As a reasoned dialogue, it resolves disputes. As an assertion of self, it engenders respect. As an entreaty of love, it expresses our devotion As a plea, it generates mercy. As charismatic oration it moves multitudes and changes history. We must argue -- to help, to warn, to lead, to love, to create, to learn, to enjoy justice, to be.~ Gerry Spence Nov 8, 2017There's nothing so absurd that if you repeat it often enough, people will believe it.~ William JamesTerrorism is the best political weapon for nothing drives people harder than a fear of sudden death.~ Adolf HitlerThere's a standard formula for success in the entertainment medium, and that is: "Beat it to death if it succeeds." ~ Ernie Kovacs Nov 7, 2017Our job is to give people not what they want, but what we decide they ought to have.~ Richard SalantNews reporters are certainly liberal and left of center.~ Walter CronkiteThe news is like a ship. If you take hands off the wheel, it pulls hard to the left.~ Roger Ailes Nov 6, 2017The liberty of the press is most generally approved when it takes liberties with the other fellow, and leaves us alone.~ Edgar Watson HoweThe majority of us are for free speech when it deals with subjects concerning which we have no intense feelings.~ Edmund B. ChaffeeIf you believe everything you read, you better not read.~ Japanese Proverb Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print