Quote by Russell Baker
Inanimate objects are classified scientifically into three major c

Inanimate objects are classified scientifically into three major categories — those that dont work, those that break down and those that get lost. – Russell Baker

Other quotes by Russell Baker

The worst thing about the miracle of modern communications is the Pavlovian pressure it places upon everyone to communicate whenever a bell rings. – Russell Baker

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communication
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Children rarely want to know who their parents were before they were parents, and when age finally stirs their curiosity, there is no parent left to tell them. – Russell Baker

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Age
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Roosevelts declaration that Americans had nothing to fear but fear itself was a glorious piece of inspirational rhetoric and just as gloriously wrong. – Russell Baker

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Fear
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Other Quotes from
Things, Little Things
category

Do little things now; so shall big things come to thee by and by asking to be done. – Proverb

The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions — the little soon forgotten charities of a kiss or smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment, and the countless infinitesimal of pleasurable and genial feeling. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things and Ill show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things. – Lawrence D. Bell

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee. – Marian Wright Edleman

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The only way you can get good, unless youre a genius, is to copy. Thats the best thing. Just steal. – Ritchie Blackmore

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Energy and environmental regulation, transportation, and broadband policy all benefit when legislators have a basic grounding in the technical concepts behind business models, products, and innovation. – John Sununu

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Business

I certainly believe that improving our intelligence is of important national interest. – Jeff Sessions

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Intelligence

My last meal? The food would be much less significant than the company. – Mario Batali

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Food