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> [It is largely on television and radio that real probing of what politicians are up to has to happen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-humphrys/it-is-largely-on-television-and-radio-that-real-probing-of-what/)

[John Humphrys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-humphrys/)

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## More by John Humphrys

> [Think about how much skateboarding opens your eyes to see the world differently.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-humphrys/think-about-how-much-skateboarding-opens-your-eyes-to-see-the-world/)

[John Humphrys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-humphrys/)

> [“once computers gain good language understanding and we can speak to them, then reading and writing are going to seem cumbersome’.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-humphrys/once-computers-gain-good-language-understanding-and-we-can-speak-to/)

[John Humphrys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-humphrys/)

> [“Incidentally, it seems that ‘apartment’ has finally taken over from ‘flat’; I fancy they’ll soon have ‘closets’ rather than wardrobes. Anyway,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-humphrys/incidentally-it-seems-that-apartment-has-finally-taken-over-from-flat/)

[John Humphrys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-humphrys/)

> [The good television of today is probably better than the best television of the old days. The bad television of today is worse. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-humphrys/the-good-television-of-today-is-probably-better-than-the-best/)

[John Humphrys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-humphrys/)

> [“The more clearly we are able to express ourselves, the less room there is for ambiguity. The more elaborate and the more precise our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-humphrys/the-more-clearly-we-are-able-to-express-ourselves-the-less-room-there/)

[John Humphrys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-humphrys/)

> [It is largely on television and radio that real probing of what politicians are up to has to happen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-humphrys/it-is-largely-on-television-and-radio-that-real-probing-of-what/)

[John Humphrys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-humphrys/)

> [ It is no good saying we \[journalists\] must report only what is true because what is true cannot always be proven. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-humphrys/it-is-no-good-saying-we-journalists-must-report-only-what-is-true/)

[John Humphrys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-humphrys/)

> [“what the pictures cannot do is express the complexity that might help us understand why these terrible things are happening. Only words can do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-humphrys/what-the-pictures-cannot-do-is-express-the-complexity-that-might-help/)

[John Humphrys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-humphrys/)

> [“We stopped being perfect around the time when Eve picked the apple and started coming on to Adam. That”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-humphrys/we-stopped-being-perfect-around-the-time-when-eve-picked-the-apple/)

[John Humphrys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-humphrys/)

> [“Language so remote from the way we speak in the real world prompts the question: what’s behind all that, then? Gushing vacuity addressed”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-humphrys/language-so-remote-from-the-way-we-speak-in-the-real-world-prompts/)

[John Humphrys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-humphrys/)

> [If the semicolon is one of the neglected children in the family of punctuation marks these days, told to stay in its room and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-humphrys/if-the-semicolon-is-one-of-the-neglected-children-in-the-family-of/)

[John Humphrys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-humphrys/)

> [“The measure of human success is no longer the life well lived but the lifestyle well lived.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-humphrys/the-measure-of-human-success-is-no-longer-the-life-well-lived-but-the/)

[John Humphrys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-humphrys/)

> [“Funny how one little word can mean ‘full of or disposed to joy and mirth’, ‘homosexual’ and ‘rubbish’. It just shows that context is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-humphrys/funny-how-one-little-word-can-mean-full-of-or-disposed-to-joy-and/)

[John Humphrys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-humphrys/)

> [“Samuel Johnson said, ‘It is happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-humphrys/samuel-johnson-said-it-is-happier-to-be-sometimes-cheated-than-not-to/)

[John Humphrys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-humphrys/)

> [It is the relentless onward march of the texters, the SMS (Short Message Service) vandals who are doing to our language what Genghis Khan…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-humphrys/it-is-the-relentless-onward-march-of-the-texters-the-sms-short/)

[John Humphrys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-humphrys/)

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