Irv Kupcinet Quotes

I've never wanted to do anything but be a newspaperman ever since I was 13.

Irv Kupcinet

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 31, 1912 - November 10, 2003

Topics

NeverAnythingWantedSinceEver

When I entered politics, I took the only downward turn you could take from journalism.

Jim Hightower

PoliticsYouJournalismTurnTake

New Yorkers were grateful when Donald J. Trump finished ahead of schedule and under budget in renovating the Wollman Memorial Rink, where the city had spent six years and $12 million trying to produce ice.

Andrew Rosenthal

GratefulCityBudgetTryingIceNew

Nobody is going to come into Alabama to buy lottery tickets. The only people that are going to buy them here are those that live here, and that's just a certain percentage of people.

Robert J. Bentley

LivePeopleNobodyLotteryAlabama

Based on the science, you can make somewhat clear statements: The number of people who can survive on six hours of sleep without impairment is zero.

Matthew Walker

ScienceSleepPeopleSurviveYou

One of the big questions in the climate change debate: Are humans any smarter than frogs in a pot? If you put a frog in a pot and slowly turn up the heat, it won't jump out. Instead, it will enjoy the nice warm bath until it is cooked to death. We humans seem to be doing pretty much the same thing.

Jeff Goodell

ChangeDeathWarmQuestionsDoing

Music has always been a big part of Cheech & Chong's career, so it's just natural. You know, I was a musician before I met Cheech and had a record with Motown, and so I've got the cred.

Tommy Chong

MusicYouCareerKnowAlwaysBig

It's always unfortunate when something gets misreported and the facts are not clear.

Roger Goodell

FactsAlwaysSomethingClearGets

Among those who share a throne there can be no loyalty; Dominion's ever impatient consort.

Lucan

LoyaltyThroneShareWhoImpatient

The force of passion is balanced by the force of interest.

Jose Marti

PassionForceInterestBalanced

There's something about being afraid, about being small, about enforced humility that draws me to climbing.

Jon Krakauer

HumilityMeSmallAfraidSomething

In Montreal, when I grew up, I'd go to the Notre-Dame Basilica, a gorgeous cathedral in town. I'd listen to huge symphony orchestras, Pavarotti singing operas; that was absolutely marvelous. I like that aspect of the cathedral, the spectacle.

Christopher Plummer

SingingGoListenUpGorgeousLike

I like science fiction. Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick and Vonnegut, and I really like Margaret Atwood, 'The Handmaid's Tale.' And you know, so much of science fiction has to do with predicting what's to come, so I think that's really interesting.

Conor Oberst

ScienceThinkInterestingYouKnow

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