Best Russell Baker Sayings
- Scientists have been struck by the fact that things that break down virtually never get lost, while things that get lost hardly ever break down. Been
- Life is always walking up to us and saying, "Come on in, the living's fine," and what do we do? Back off and take its… Always Walking
- It takes great self-confidence to write a newspaper column. Some might say it takes arrogance. Be that as it may, my willingness to pronounce on… Arrogance
- Of all the people expressing their mental vacuity, none has a better excuse for an empty head than the newspaperman: If he pauses to restock… All
- A solved problem creates two new problems, and the best prescription for happy living is not to solve any more problems. Any
- Happiness is a small and unworthy goal for something as big and fancy as a whole lifetime, and should be taken in small doses. Big
- In an age when the fashion is to be in love with yourself, confessing to be in love with somebody else is an admission of… Admission
- The people who are always hankering loudest for some golden yesteryear usually drive new cars. Car
- You can't enjoy light verse with a heavy heart. Enjoy
- I've had an unhappy life, thank God. Adversity
- It was dramatic to watch my grandmother decapitate a turkey with an ax the day before Thanksgiving. Nowadays the expense of hiring grandmothers for the… All
- A railroad station? That was sort of a primitive airport, only you didn't have to take a cab 20 miles out of town to reach… Airport
- After that [father's death] I never cried with any real conviction, nor expected much of anyone's God except indifference, nor loved deeply without fear that… Age
- Voters inclined to loathe and fear elite Ivy League schools rarely make fine distinctions between Yale and Harvard. All they know is that both are… All
- The biographer's problem is that he never knows enough. The autobiographer's problem is that he knows too much. Inspirational
- One of the many burdens of the person professing Christianity has always been the odium likely to be heaped upon him by fellow Christians quick… Among
- The people who say: 'You are what you eat' have always seemed addled to me. In my opinion, you are what you think, and if… Addled
- The French fried potato has become an inescapable horror in almost every public eating place in the country. 'French fries', say the menus, but they… Almost Every
- There's so much spectating going on that a lot of us never get around to living. Get Around
- Ireland really is my problem; the breaking point of the huge suppuration which all British and all European society now is All
- In writing, punctuation plays the role of body language. It helps readers hear you the way you want to be heard. Body
- You can always tell folks from nonfolks. Folks like to feel good, like to smile for the camera when there's a big photo opportunity for… Always Tell
- Schoolteachers seemed determined to persuade me that 'classic' is a synonym for 'narcotic'. Classic
- What [man landing on the moon] is doing up there is indulging his obsession with the impossible. The impossible infuriates and tantalizes him. Show him… Bores
- Situation comedy on television has thrived for years on 'canned' laughter, grafted by gaglines by technicians using records of guffawing audiences that have been dead… Audience
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