“The America's Cup, yachting's great and garish grail, is a tumorous tureen no handsomer than a camel.” Quote by Tom Callahan
“One of the things that will keep The Front Page burning bright as long as newspapers are alive is the myth that newspapermen are breezy and raffish. What other play has for so long fed the self-image of journalists?” LongSelfPlayAliveFrontsPagesMythNewspapersBurningJournalistFedsBreezyBurning Bright Author:Jay Carr
“[The Front Page] is still full of peppy banter as it sends its seedy knights after cheap scoops.” StillsFrontsPagesKnightsBanter Author:Jay Carr
“[Walter Burns is] the archetypal managing editor-ruthless, self-righteous, manipulative, downright maniacal if it means an exclusive, especially one that it can congratulate itself for on its own front page.” IfsMeanSelfFrontsPagesEditorsRighteousExclusiveRuthlessSelf RighteousManipulative Author:Jay Carr
“I have never consciously exploited the fact that I am a woman. I wouldn't dare try that even if I knew how to. I have too much respect for my male colleagues to think they would be particualrly impressed.” IfsThinkingTryingFactsWould BeToo MuchMalesDareImpressedColleagues Author:Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn
“Why get rid of Chamberlain to put in Halifax? It's like getting rid of the organ-grinder to put in the monkey.” OrgansMonkeysGrinderChamberlainHalifax Author:Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn
“I've never signed a contract, so never have a deadline. A deadline's an unnerving thing. I just finish a book, and if the publisher doesn't like it, that's his privilege.” IfsBookPrivilegeContractsPublishersDeadline Author:Marchette Chute
“My scare value is high. My arena is controversy. My tough front is my biggest asset.” ValuesFrontsToughAssetsScareArenaControversy Author:Roy Cohn
“They don't take eyeballs at the bank. Those who value stocks by eyeballs should go be ophthalmologists, not stock analysts. There is no cyberworld where reach trumps profits.” ShouldValuesTrumpProfitAnalystsEyeballs Author:Jim Cramer
“I was pretty quiet as a child. I kind of hung out with my family and listened to music and sh*t. I wasn't too outgoing at all.” KindChildrenQuietMy FamilyHungOutgoing Author:James Hetfield