One of the things that will keep The Front Page burning bright as long as newspapers are alive is the myth that newspapermen are breezy and raffish. What other play has for so long fed the self-image of journalists?

Quote by Jay Carr

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They were fast-moving opportunists encased in cynicism and proud of it.

They were fast-moving opportunists encased in cynicism and proud of it.

I think a lot of cynicism has dropped away from my shoulders since I stopped...

I think a lot of cynicism has dropped away from my shoulders since I stopped...

Cynicism is humor in ill health.

Cynicism is humor in ill health.

Do not crush the flowers of wisdom with the hobnail boots of cynicism.

Do not crush the flowers of wisdom with the hobnail boots of cynicism.

Cynicism is intellectual dandyism

Cynicism is intellectual dandyism

Cynicism: The intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence.

Cynicism: The intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence.

If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that...

If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that...

No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American middle class.

No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American middle class.

A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word

A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word

Cynicism is the only form in which base souls approach honesty.

Cynicism is the only form in which base souls approach honesty.

Childhood: the period of human life intermediate between the idiocy of infancy and the folly...

Childhood: the period of human life intermediate between the idiocy of infancy and the folly...

It is a peculiarity of the American mind that it regards any excursion into the...

It is a peculiarity of the American mind that it regards any excursion into the...

A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything but the value of...

A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything but the value of...

If patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel, it is not merely because evil...

If patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel, it is not merely because evil...

This isn't really a convention, This is really an infomercial. And every night we'll have...

This isn't really a convention, This is really an infomercial. And every night we'll have...

The fundamental idea of modern capitalism is not the right of the individual to possess...

The fundamental idea of modern capitalism is not the right of the individual to possess...

In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism and skepticism and humbug and...

In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism and skepticism and humbug and...

If youre sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come...

If youre sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come...

My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl,...

My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl,...

When one door is closed, don't you know, another is open.

When one door is closed, don't you know, another is open.