#paper

I beg you not to resort to demonstrations, for they have become nothing but burned paper. ↗

— Muqtada al Sadr

#beg #burned #demonstrations #i #nothing

The government's view is that the best time to announce bad news, news that it doesn't want the public to dwell on is late on a Friday, when it will wind up in the Saturday papers, which if you were readers, then the week day editions. A holiday weekend is even better. ↗

— Bob Schieffer

#bad #bad news #best #best time #better

I had - all my life, everybody who knew me thought that I would probably grow up to be a reporter, a newspaper reporter because we didn't have much television in those days. ↗

— Bob Schieffer

#days #everybody #grow #grow up #had

Nowadays I'm not even sure if newspapers take into account whether a person is a good writer. ↗

— Bob Schieffer

#even #good #good writer #i #into

Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands, it also seldom works properly. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#hand #hands #history #however #inferior

I usually don't mind giving autographs, but when hundreds of folks with paper and pen start coming at you, it's time to seek shelter. ↗

— Mary Lou Retton

#coming #folks #giving #hundreds #i

For some reason, some of my best solutions and ideas are triggered in those dark theaters, usually totally unrelated to what's going on onscreen. I also enjoy hiking in the foothills and mountains close to Sacramento. I always have to bring a pen and paper to jot down sudden thoughts and ideas. So inspiration arises from countless sources. ↗

— James Rollins

#always #arises #best #bring #close

The law reports in newspapers contain perhaps the only real history of England that has any relation to truth. ↗

— Robert Baldwin Ross

#contain #england #history #law #newspapers

The government would be able to go to court with respect to newspaper articles, broadcast pieces and the like that they thought were bad or harmful or even against the government and try to block them. ↗

— Floyd Abrams

#against #articles #bad #block #broadcast

The paper burns, but the words fly away. ↗

— Ben Joseph Akiba

#burns #fly #paper #words