The bigger the information media, the less courage and freedom they allow. Bigness means weakness. – Eric Sevareid, The Press and the People, 1959 Category: Media
Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock. – Ben Hecht Category: Media
The one function TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis as if there were. – David Brinkley Category: Media
Theres a kind of a fundamental irresponsibility in playwriting, and the strength of playwriting comes from that irresponsibility. – Tony Kushner Category: strength
Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of one another. – Eustace Budgell Category: Friendship
[History is] the story of the magnificent rear-guard action fought during several thousand years by dogma against curiosity. – Robert S. Lynd Category: History
