Quotes by Russell Baker, page 2
31 quotes by Russell Baker
Russell Baker - american Journalist
Was born on 14 aug 1925.
Origin country: United States
Reporters thrive on the world's misfortune. For this reason they often take an indecent pleasure in events that dismay the rest of humanity.
RQuote by Russell Baker about events, humanity, pleasure, rest, reason, world
Situation comedy on television has thrived for years on "canned" laughter grafted by gaglines by technicians using records of guffawing audiences that have been dead for years.
RQuote by Russell Baker about laughter, comedy, television
The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him.
RQuote by Russell Baker about defeat, objects, purpose, man
The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion rested solely on my suspicion that I would never be fit for real work, and that writing didn't require any.
RQuote by Russell Baker about suspicion, writers, writing, real estate, work, things
The worst thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a tourist.
RQuote by Russell Baker about being, things, contentment
Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things.
RQuote by Russell Baker about progress, things
What the New Yorker calls home would seem like a couple of closets to most Americans, yet he manages not only to live there but also to grow trees and cockroaches right on the premises.
RQuote by Russell Baker about couple, americans, home, rightness
When it comes to cars, only two varieties of people are possible - cowards and fools.
RQuote by Russell Baker about cars, people
You can't enjoy light verse with a heavy heart.
RQuote by Russell Baker about light, heart, contentment
