Russell Baker Quotes

You can always tell folks from nonfolks. Folks like to feel good, like to smile for the camera when there's a big photo opportunity for a really good cause.

Russell Baker

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Topics

SmileGoodOpportunityFeel GoodYou

Love can do much, but duty more.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

LoveDutyMoreMuch

Whether you're a second lieutenant working with a captain and a lieutenant colonel, or a four-star general working with the Office Secretary of Defense and the White House, the decision makers have got to have ground truth. Otherwise, the decisions they make could be flawed - and that can be dangerous.

John F. Kelly

TruthDecisionDecisionsYouHouse

Enthusiasm and misplaced belief can take you a long way.

John Otway

EnthusiasmLongYouBeliefWayTake

Stupidity, outrage, vanity, cruelty, iniquity, bad faith, falsehood - we fail to see the whole array when it is facing in the same direction as we.

Jean Rostand

FaithStupidityDirectionBadVanity

We all want to do the right thing for our children. We all don't know what that is and we all - you know, you won't know until the future.

Amy Chua

FutureChildrenDo The Right Thing

Before Liszt, a conductor was someone who just facilitated the performance, who would keep people together or beat the time, indicate the entries. After Liszt, that was no longer the case; a conductor was someone who shaped the music in an intense musical way, who played the orchestra as an instrument.

Stephen Hough

MusicTimeTogetherPeopleSomeone

I'm always just carrying a Tupperware cup, ever since my mom went to a Tupperware party and got 'em. I've left them strewn all over the U.S. and Europe. I drink iced tea out of them.

Si Robertson

TeaMomPartyDrinkOverEurope

A few actresses have all but set up shop as women of a certain age who attract younger lovers. I think of Susan Sarandon, Cameron Diaz and Isabelle Huppert.

Roger Ebert

WomenAgeThinkLoversUpAttract

There were, and still are, a lot of different points of view in the gay community. It's not everybody holding hands and singing 'Kumbaya.' People have very different perspectives.

Matt Bomer

CommunityPeopleSingingViewHands

The two pillars of feminism are narcissism and entitlement.

Mike Cernovich

TwoFeminismNarcissismEntitlement

I'm not the king in my own house. I have to wash the dishes and take out the trash and say, 'Yes, baby.' I'm 6-foot-5, but I kind of walk around hunched over.

Jason Momoa

WalkKingBabyHouseSayKind

My motive, and I will make it clear and look you in the eyes, is to attack major league baseball. That's my motive.

Jose Canseco

EyesBaseballYouLookWillClear

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Russell Baker