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Quote by William Allen White

“I would rather have written Fables in Slang than be President.”

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William Allen White was an American editor, born on February 10, 1868, and died on January 29, 1944. He is known for his work at The Kansas City Star, which under his leadership became a model for the American press. more

“Everybody was being decent, and when people are decent, thing work out for everybody. That has been my theory all through life. If you're making money, let the other fellow make it too. If somebody's getting hurt, it's bad, but if you can work a thing out so that everybody profits that's the ideal business.”

People Ifs Has Beens Hurt Theory Ideals Fellows Profit Work Out Making Money Decent Getting Hurt Things Work Out

Book:At Random: The Reminiscences of Bennett Cerf

Source: At Random: The Reminiscences of Bennett Cerf

“I can't say this too often - that a little humor can make life worth living. That has always been my credo. Somebody once asked me, 'What would you like your epitaph to be?' I've always said that I'd like it to be: He left people a little happier than they were when he came into the room.”

People Littles Said I Can Left Rooms Like You Worth Living Epitaph Life Worth Living Credo

Author:Bennett Cerf

“I think it's become fashionable for the snobbish egghead today to make fun of television. I've heard many people, boast, "I would never have a television set in my house," well, these people are fools.”

People Thinking Wells Today House Fun Heard Television Fool Boast Fashionable Snobbish Eggheads

Author:Bennett Cerf

“I think the right to read, is one of our inherent rights, and I think that people in America today are intelligent enough to decide for themselves what they want to read. Without being told, by self-appointed people, you must not read this, or you cannot read this.”

People Thinking Want Self Enough Today America Rights Intelligent Inherent America Today

Author:Bennett Cerf

“Most of the things that are supposed to be so objectionable in books are things that every teenager, in the United States, not only knows, but has talked about at length in school, or on the way home from school.”

Knows Way Book States Home School United United States Supposed To Be Teenager Length Way Home

Author:Bennett Cerf

“I like someone who's not afraid to be a kid!”

Kids Not Afraid

Author:Vanessa Hudgens

“One of the greatest threats facing book publishing, and the entire country for that matter, is censorship.”

Book Country Matter Threat Censorship Publishing Book Publishing

Author:Bennett Cerf

“Politicians are like ships: noisiest when lost in a fog.”

Lost Politician Ships Fog

Author:Bennett Cerf

“Television, I love it, everything that happened before television lumped together, never caused folks to turn on a street to stare at me, or waitresses to ask for autographs.”

Together Turns Asks Happened Streets Television Folks Staring Turn-on Autographs Waitress

Author:Bennett Cerf

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