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212 quotes by 189 authors

K, n. A consonant; originally precisely that of our H, but altered to its present shape to commemorate the destruction of [one of two lofty… — Ambrose Bierce
The notion of a record is an obsolete remnant of the days of the 80-column card. — Dennis Ritchie
I think probably the thing I'm worst at is the most ephemeral stuff, like blogs. I find it really hard to write. And I'm often… — Daniel Alarcon
Who aspires to remain leader must keep in advance of his column. His fear must not play traitor to his occasions. The instant he falls… — Christian Nestell Bovee
A witty illustration or an apt story will accomplish more than columns of argument. — Chauncey Depew
Sleep sweetly in your humble graves,Sleep, martyrs of a fallen cause;Though yet no marble column cravesThe pilgrim here to pause.Stoop, angels, hither from the skies!There… — Henry Timrod
The most important thing regardless of my stats or anybody else's stats is the win-loss record. In the locker room people are always telling me,… — Dhani Jones
Objective journalism and an opinion column are about as similar as the Bible and Playboy magazine. — Walter Cronkite
I find having a column a very difficult form of journalism. I'm not a natural like Tom Friedman and Anna Quindlen. — Maureen Dowd
When I was collecting material for a political gossip column, and someone said something interesting, I would wait for them to add, 'and I don't… — Simon Hoggart
The savage repression of blacks, which can be estimated by reading the obituary columns of the nation's dailies, Fred Hampton, etc., has not failed to… — George Jackson
Those who write the editorials and those who write the columns, they simply are unaccountable. They're free to impose their cultural politics in the name… — Jesse Jackson
Consider the momentous event in architecture when the wall parted and the column became. — Louis Kahn
Style is a fraud. I always felt the Greeks were hiding behind their columns. — Willem de Kooning
The bulk of the emails tend to come after a column. I can get about 2,000 after a column. — Nicholas D. Kristof
For a while there, I was a stringer. The expression comes from the old habit of stringing together the column inches that you had written.… — Charles Kuralt
One column of truth cannot hold an institution of ideas from falling into ignorance. It is wiser that a person of prudence and purpose save… — Bryant H. McGill
Whether it's viewers of the show or readers of my columns and books, I'm consistently impressed with their wit, humor and insight. That goes for… — Richard Roeper
I used to write a monthly column for the 'New York Times' syndicate. But I stopped because I found it really hard to have one… — Salman Rushdie
Cast aside any column about two subjects. It means the pundit chickened out on the hard decision about what to write about that day. — William Safire

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