Molly Ivins Quotes

I really do think we're going through a period of concentration of ownership of media, and we're starting to see the effects at the editorial level, and it's all bad. This increased pressure for profits every quarter, smaller news hole, less coverage of important stuff - the extent that it's become one giant infotainment industry.

Molly Ivins

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 30, 1944 - January 31, 2007

Topics

ThinkPressureMediaOwnershipBad

The principle of art is to pause, not bypass.

Jerzy Kosinski

ArtPausePrincipleBypass

With a photograph, you are left with the same modes of interpretation as you are with a book. You ask: 'What do we know about the author and their background? What do I know about the subject?'

Joel Sternfeld

BookYouKnowAskSamePhotograph

When I get nervous, my voice gets very high.

Maude Apatow

VoiceNervousHighGetVeryGets

The kind of work you do, when you do it, how much of it there is, and who you delegate it to are often the cause of the quasi-schizophrenic behavior seen in many business owners and entrepreneurs.

Michael Gerber

WorkBusinessBehaviorYouKindWho

It couldn't interest me less, the idea of putting a living room on stage. I just think, what's the point of walking into a theater to see a living room? A sofa in a forest? Now you're talking.

John Tiffany

MeThinkWalkingForestTalkingYou

The Startup Act should give all Americans, not just immigrants, a better shot at being tomorrow's engineers and entrepreneurs. And that opportunity could begin at a young age with education in computer programming.

Marvin Ammori

EducationAgeOpportunityTomorrow

There are a lot of public figures who, before they take a stand on a issue, they talk about it with their publicist and they figure out how it's going to affect record sales. Life is really too short to worry about that sort of thing.

Moby

LifeStandShortWorryTalkSales

You can read 50 great things about yourself, but the one bad thing will be what you remember most.

Luke Evans

GreatYourselfRememberYouBad

I avoided the party scene at the University of Miami. I came in to study musical theater, and I felt so behind. I literally knew nothing.

Joshua Henry

MiamiPartyNothingStudyUniversity

There are times in my life when I haven't been happy. Sometimes it's not even physical, it's something else. The key is identifying why you're unhappy and doing whatever you can to fix it in a healthy way.

Josie Loren

LifeHappyKeyMy LifeUnhappyYou

I get very upset when people start adding weird things to romesco.

Jose Andres

PeopleStartWeirdUpsetThingsGet

Where opportunities to expand trade and commerce exist, we will lead, and we will partner.

Doug Ducey

OpportunitiesPartnerWillLead

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