Journalism consists in buying white paper at two cents a pound and selling it at ten cents a pound.

When a dog bites a man that is not news, but when a man bites a dog that is news.

Fight for your opinions, but do not believe that they contain the whole truth, or the only truth.

What the good Lord lets happen, I am not ashamed to print in my paper.

I have always felt that whatever the divine Providence permitted to occur, I was not too proud to report.

All the goodness of a good egg cannot make up for the badness of a bad one.

Feelings are not controllable, " I retorted, "They are not thoughts or words. They are invisible emotions you cannot control no matter how bad you try.

Kissing is just another way of talking expect without the words.

I don't have a problem with my body. I don't diet, and I'm not hiding anything. I'm not going to be the subject of a movie of the week 10 years from now.

How can I know who I am when I am all this?

America must not ignore the threat gathering against us. Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof, the smoking gun that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud.

Broke with nothing to live for and damn ready to die young. I'm the shadow behind the gun, look what I've become.

The audience bursts into laughter. With the tragic gag I don't expect the audience to laugh (if they do, I have failed) but I expect a black silence from them that is almost as violent: as laughter.

I think my first big heartbreak made me more compassionate about other people's heartaches. It enabled me to feel more for others when they are in moments of pain.

It's impossible to contemplate the life of soil very long without seeing its analogy to the life of the spirit.