Newspaper

Explore 150 quotes from the following medium: Newspaper

It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.

Muhammad Ali

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Topic

Boxing Vocation

Speaker

Muhammad Ali

Source

Life With Ali (in a Neutral Corner) The New York Times

Medium

Interview Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1977 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Ali, Muhammad. "Life with Ali (in a Neutral Corner)." Interviewed by Joyce Maynard. The New York Times, 6 Apr. 1977.

Natural selection will not remove ignorance from future generations.

Richard Dawkins

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Topic

Natural selection Evolution Human nature

Author

Richard Dawkins

Source

The Independent

Medium

Interview Newspaper

Language

English

Time

2006 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Dawkins, Richard. "Richard Dawkins: You Ask the Questions Special." The Independent, 4 Dec. 2006.

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?

Edgar Allan Poe

The Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper

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Topic

Life and death

Author

Edgar Allan Poe

Source

The Premature Burial The Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper

Medium

Poem Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1844 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Poe, Edgar Allan. "The Premature Burial." The Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper, July 1844.

Current Citation

Poe, Edgar Allan. "The Premature Burial." Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales, edited by Patrick F. Quinn. Library of America, 1984.

The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy.

James Madison

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Topic

Independence Happiness

Author

James Madison

Source

Republican Distribution of Citizens National Gazette

Medium

Essay Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1792 1790s 18th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Madison, James. "Republican Distribution of Citizens." National Gazette, 3 Mar. 1792.

Current Citation

Madison, James. Selected Writings of James Madison, edited by Ralph Ketcham. Hackett Publishing Company, 2006.

Nonsense wakes up the brain cells.

Dr. Seuss

Quoted in The Los Angeles Times

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Topic

Nonsense and bullshit

Speaker

Dr. Seuss

Source

The Los Angeles Times

Medium

Interview Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1983 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 0

Citation

Dr. Seuss. Quoted in "Author Isn't Just a Cat in the Hat." Interviewed by Miles Corwin. Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 1983.

Only the little people pay taxes.

Leona Helmsley

Quoted in The New York Times

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Topic

Rich vs. poor Economic inequality Taxes

Speaker

Leona Helmsley

Source

The New York Times

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1989 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Helmsley, Leona. Quoted in "Maid Testifies Helmsley Denied Paying Taxes." Written by The Associated Press. The New York Times, 12 July 1989.

Boxing's just show business with blood.

Frank Bruno

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Topic

Boxing

Speaker

Frank Bruno

Source

The Guardian

Medium

Interview Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Bruno, Frank. Quoted in Guardian. 20 Nov. 1991.

It is very strange that I, a boy brought up in the woods, and seeing, as it were, but little of the world, should be drifted into the very apex of this great event.

Abraham Lincoln

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Topic

American Civil War Fate

Speaker

Abraham Lincoln

Source

The Daily Dispatch

Medium

Interview Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1864 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Interview of a Canadian Editor with the President." The Daily Dispatch (Richmond), 5 Sept. 1864.

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. Quoted in "The People with the Governing Power," Conversations with Lincoln by Charles M. Segal. G. P. Putman's Sons, 1961.

If A is a success in life, then A equals X plus Y plus Z. Work is X; Y is play; and Z is keeping your mouth shut.

Albert Einstein

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Topic

Success

Speaker

Albert Einstein

Source

The Observer

Medium

Newspaper

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1950 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Einstein, Albert. The Observer. 15 Jan. 1950.

Women are the door to reconciliation with the world.

Octavio Paz

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Topic

Changing the world Women Reconciliation

Speaker

Octavio Paz

Source

Los Angeles Times

Medium

Interview Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Paz, Octavio. Quoted in "A Conversation with the Soul of Mexico: In the Friction between Literature and Politics, Octavio Paz, the Patriarch of Mexican Letters, Has Captured His County's Essence. His One-Word Solution to Mexico's Turmoil? Freedom." Written by Anthony Day and Sergio Munoz. Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 1995.

There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror.

Orson Welles

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Topic

Flying

Speaker

Orson Welles

Source

The Times

Medium

Interview Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1985 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Welles, Orson. Interview to celebrate his 70th birthday. The Times, 6 May 1985.

If you can actually count your money, then you are not really a rich man.

J. Paul Getty

Quoted in Observer

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Topic

The rich Wealth

Speaker

J. Paul Getty

Source

Observer

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1957 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Getty, Jean Paul. Quoted in The Observer. 3 Nov. 1957.

To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.

Theodore Roosevelt

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Topic

American Presidency American politics

Author

Theodore Roosevelt

Source

Kansas City Star

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1918 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr. Kansas City Star. 7 May 1918.

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill.

Barbara W. Tuchman

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Topic

Books

Author

Barbara W. Tuchman

Source

The Washington Post

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1980 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Tuchman, Barbara. "Papyrus to Paperbacks: The World that Books Made." The Washington Post, 30 Dec. 1979.

Fashion is more usually a gentle progression of revisited ideas.

Bruce Oldfield

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Topic

Fashion

Author

Bruce Oldfield

Source

Independent

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1989 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Oldfield, Bruce. The Independent. 9 Sept. 1989.

For most of my life I refused to work at any problem unless its solution seemed to be capable of being put to commercial use.

Thomas Edison

More information about this quote

Topic

Innovation Profit motive Capitalism

Speaker

Thomas Edison

Source

New York Sun

Medium

Interview Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1917 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Edison, Thomas Alva. Interview. New York Sun, Feb. 1917.

It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours.

Harry Truman

Quoted in Observer

More information about this quote

Topic

Misfortunes of others

Speaker

Harry Truman

Source

Observer

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1958 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Truman, Harry S. Quoted in The Observer. 13 Apr. 1958.

The illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.

Clement Attlee

On Russian communism.

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Topic

Russian communism Communism

Speaker

Clement Attlee

Source

The Times of London

Medium

Speech Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1956 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Attlee, Clement. Speech at Aarhus University. 11 Apr. 1956, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.

Ray Bradbury

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Topic

Culture Reading Books

Author

Ray Bradbury

Source

Seattle Times

Medium

Interview Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Bradbury, Ray. "Bradbury Still Believes In Heat of 'Fahrenheit 451.'" Interviewed by Misha Berson. The New York Times, 12 Mar. 1993.

Best advice I ever got was an old friend mine, a black friend, who said you have to go the way your blood beats. If you don’t live the only life you have, you won’t live some other life, you won’t live any life at all.

James Baldwin

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Topic

Following your heart Being true to oneself Authenticity Life

Speaker

James Baldwin

Source

Village Voice

Medium

Interview Newspaper

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1984 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Baldwin, James. Quoted in "Go the Way Your Blood Beats." Interviewed by Richard Goldstein. Village Voice, 26 June 1984.

Current Citation

Baldwin, James. "Go the Way Your Blood Beats." James Baldwin: The Last Interview and Other Interviews. Melville House, 2014.