The power of the
journalist is great, but he is entitled neither to respect nor admiration because of
that power unless it is used aright.

All of the strife in this world is due to three people: a newscaster, a news seeker, and a news listener.

The first writing I did was short short stories for a newspaper syndicate for which I was paid five dollars a piece on publication.

Th' newspaper does ivrything f'r us. It runs th' polis foorce an' th' banks, commands th' milishy, controls th' ligislachure, baptizes th' young, marries th' foolish, comforts th' afflicted, afflicts th' comfortable, buries th' dead an' roasts thim aftherward.

Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.