“I'll quit eating meat when you get a cow out here to beat me at a poetry slam. Only so many words rhyme with 'Mooo.' I mean, yes, we're supposed to be better stewards; yes, we're supposed to take care of the earth; yes, we're supposed to honor the sacrifices made by the animals; yes yes yes yes yes, but dammit, we're in charge, and you know why? It's because of these [holding out thumbs]...Maybe you think that carrots are less important than cows. I think they're equal, especially in a sauce.” ThinkingKnowsMeanMadeImportantCareEarthAnimalSacrificeHonorEqualEatingBeatsTake CareQuittingSupposed To BeMeatCowsRhymeThumbsSauceSlamCarrotsStewardsEating Meat Author:Sherman Alexie
“You can't sustain [anger]. You become bitter. Nothing's going to change. Anger leads to resentment, then to spiking your orange juice, then to martyrdom.” BitterResentmentOrangeJuiceMartyrdomOrange Juice Author:Sherman Alexie
“Everybody who talks to a newspaper has a motive. That's just a given. And good reporters always, repeat always, probe to find out what that motive is.” GivenNewspapersMotiveRepeatsReporters Author:Ben Bradlee
“I do worry about how newspapers respond to falling circulation figures. I'm not sure that the answer is for newspapers to try to cater to whatever seems to be the fad of the day.” TryingSeemsFallAnswersWorryFiguresNewspapersNot SureCirculationFads Author:Ben Bradlee
“In the perfect world every source could be identified, but like the man said, "It's not a perfect world."” MenWorldSaidPerfectHe ManSourceA Perfect World Author:Ben Bradlee
“It changes your life, the pursuit of truth, if you know that you have tried to find the truth and gone past the first apparent truth towards the real truth. It's very, it's very exciting.” IfsKnowsFirstsRealPastGoneExcitingPursuitChanging Your LifeReal Truth Author:Ben Bradlee
“It is my experience that most claims of national security are part of a campaign to avoid telling the truth.” SecurityClaimsCampaignsTelling The TruthNational Security Author:Ben Bradlee