Inspirational Quote by H. L. Mencken Download Open image “The only way for a reporter to look at a politician is down.” — H. L. Mencken ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Inspirational Looks Politician Politics Reporters Way
The only people who say worse things about politicians that reporters do are other politicians. — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
Well, when you come down to it, I don't see that a reporter could do much to a president, do you? — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
I realise that, strutting around in power corridors for political coverage, a journalist becomes half a politician. — Rajeev Shukla Copy Share Image
Welcome to the decline of America where, in six short decades, we have gone from aspiring to judge a man by the content of… — Will Cain Copy Share Image
One of the most fascinating aspects of politician-watching is trying to determine to what extent any politician believes what he says. — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
You say we [reporters] are distracting...from the business of government. Well, I hope so. Distracting a politician from governing is like distracting a bear… — P J OâRourke Copy Share Image
“Whenever a politician in the know gives a journalist an exclusive in exchange for a particular spin that is in the politician’s interest, the journalist is appended, however unconsciously, to a network of insiders. Whenever a journalist refuses to slant their story in the politician’s favour, they risk losing a valuable source and being excluded from that network. This is… — Yanis Varoufakis Copy Share
Both politicians and journalists face situations which strain their honesty and humanity. My opinion is that politicians on the average stand up somewhat better… — John McCarthy Copy Share Image
As opposed to journalists, politicians cannot make do with questions. They must also offer answers. — Yair Lapid Copy Share Image
The fact is, most journalists I know are not particularly political. They move around a lot. — Ron Suskind Copy Share Image
A bad artist almost always tries to conceal his incompetence by whooping up a new formula. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
By profession a biologist, [Thomas Henry Huxley] covered in fact the whole field of the exact sciences, and then bulged through its four fences.… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
So few men are really worth knowing, that it seems a shameful waste to let an anthropoid prejudice stand in the way of free… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Man's objection to love is that it dies hard; woman's, that when it is dead, it stays dead. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
For it is an absurdity to call a country civilized in which a decent and industrious man, laboriously mastering a trade which is valuble… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
The critic, to interpret his artist, even to understand his artist, must be able to get into the mind of his artist; he must… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
There is, in fact, nothing about religious opinions that entitles them to any more respect than other opinions get. On the contrary, they tend… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Liberty ... was a two-headed boon. There was first, the liberty of the people as a whole to determine the forms of their own… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
We talk to God--that is prayer; God talks to us--that is inspiration. — H. Emilie Cady Copy Share Image
You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Just understand that the good that you want is already here. All you have to do is get in harmony with it. And you… — Bob Proctor Copy Share Image
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
It's a hard thing to describe. It's just this sense that you got something to say. — Jonah Lehrer Copy Share Image
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