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

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...

Don't worry over what the newspapers say. I don't. Why should anyone else? I told...

Don't worry over what the newspapers say. I don't. Why should anyone else? I told...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

Every time a newspaper dies, even a bad one, the country moves a little closer...

Every time a newspaper dies, even a bad one, the country moves a little closer...

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...

A job on a newspaper is a special thing. Every day you take something that...

A job on a newspaper is a special thing. Every day you take something that...

Accuracy to a newspaper is what virtue is to a lady; but a newspaper can...

Accuracy to a newspaper is what virtue is to a lady; but a newspaper can...

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...

Every good newspaper is muckraking to some degree. It's part of our job. Where there's...

Every good newspaper is muckraking to some degree. It's part of our job. Where there's...

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....

Everything you read in newspapers is absolutely true, except for that rare story of which...

Everything you read in newspapers is absolutely true, except for that rare story of which...

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,...

Move him into the sun Gently its touch awoke him once, At home, whispering of...

Move him into the sun Gently its touch awoke him once, At home, whispering of...

A poet is someone who stands outside in the rain hoping to be struck by...

A poet is someone who stands outside in the rain hoping to be struck by...

Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is...

Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is...