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Than Quotes by Eric Alterman
- Fox News is nothing if not impressive. No matter how harsh the criticism it endures, the network somehow always manages to prove itself even worse…
- Certainly there are worse sins than doing everything possible to make your presidency matter.
- Warren Buffett pays taxes on a smaller percentage of his billions in income than his cleaning lady.
- Veteran print editors and reporters at places like the 'Times' and 'The New Yorker' manage to feed and clothe their families without costing their companies…
- President Obama has lowered taxes more than he has raised them, and they are today lower than they were in President Reagan's time. But you…
- There are more people at Obama's table offering ideas than there were five years ago, but when it came to facing up to the Republicans'…
- Whether people care enough about local news to pay for it is, sadly, an entirely different question than whether our democracy requires a strong watchdog…
More Than Quotes
- I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling… — Hank Aaron
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt
- As a kid, 'Star Wars' was much more my thing than 'Star Trek' was. — J. J. Abrams
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
- Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals,… — Aristotle
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino