Good prose is the selection of the best words; poetry is the best words in the best order; and journalese is any old words in any old order

Quote by Alan Brewer

Topics: Newspapers Quotes, Poetry Quotes

Ignorance, inertia and indifference are alive and well in America's newspapers. Minority still equals inferiority...

Ignorance, inertia and indifference are alive and well in America's newspapers. Minority still equals inferiority...

A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news...

A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news...

Newspapers, television networks, and magazines have sometimes been outrageously abusive, untruthful, arrogant, and hypocritical. But...

Newspapers, television networks, and magazines have sometimes been outrageously abusive, untruthful, arrogant, and hypocritical. But...

Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to...

Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to...

According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death....

According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death....

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers,...

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers,...

I think a newspaper should be provocative, stir 'em up, but you can't do that...

I think a newspaper should be provocative, stir 'em up, but you can't do that...

The first duty of a newspaper is to be accurate. If it be accurate, it...

The first duty of a newspaper is to be accurate. If it be accurate, it...

The secret of a successful newspaper is to take one story each day and bang...

The secret of a successful newspaper is to take one story each day and bang...

It's strange that the newspapers don't see a connection between their false revelations about my...

It's strange that the newspapers don't see a connection between their false revelations about my...

The way for newspapers to meet the competition of radio and television is simply to...

The way for newspapers to meet the competition of radio and television is simply to...

Funny, but after trading for more than 15 years, I still am capable of forgetting...

Funny, but after trading for more than 15 years, I still am capable of forgetting...

Ignorance, inertia and indifference are alive and well in America's newspapers. Minority still equals inferiority...

Ignorance, inertia and indifference are alive and well in America's newspapers. Minority still equals inferiority...

He steps on stage and draws the sword of rhetoric, and when he is through,...

He steps on stage and draws the sword of rhetoric, and when he is through,...

The truth is not wonderful enough to suit the newspapers; so they enlarge upon it,...

The truth is not wonderful enough to suit the newspapers; so they enlarge upon it,...

One of the things that will keep The Front Page burning bright as long as...

One of the things that will keep The Front Page burning bright as long as...

There was a time when the reader of an unexciting newspaper would remark, 'How dull...

There was a time when the reader of an unexciting newspaper would remark, 'How dull...

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...

You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.

You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.

There are two ways of disliking poetry; one way is to dislike it, the other...

There are two ways of disliking poetry; one way is to dislike it, the other...