Lewis Grizzard
Author, Humorist
"It's better to have died a small child than to be a politician who gets caught in a scandal during a slow news month."
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Haile Selassie
Emperor
"The love shown in Christ by our God to mankind should constrain all of us who are followers and disciples of Christ to do all in our power to see to it that the Message of Salvation is carried to those of our fellows for whom Christ Our Saviour was sacrificed but who have not had the benefit of hearing the good news."
Napoleon Bonaparte
Military Leader, Emperor
"Never awake me when you have good news to announce, because with good news nothing presses; but when you have bad news, arouse me immediately, for then there is not an instant to be lost."
Carl Bernstein
Journalist
"The greatest felony in the news business today is to be behind, or to miss a big story. So speed and quantity substitute for thoroughness and quality, for accuracy and context."
Johnny Carson
Television Host
"Some sad news from Australia... the inventor of the boomerang grenade died today."
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"The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do."
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"Television news is now entertainment, and the stories are being written by the people that have a special interest in them."
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"I'll tell you how the sun rose, a ribbon at a time. The steeples swam in amethyst, The news like squirrels ran. The hills untied their bonnets, The bobolinks begun. Then I said softly to myself, "That must have been the sun!"
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"News is what someone wants suppressed. Everything else is advertising."
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"Convert bad news to good news."
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"The news automatically becomes the real world for the TV user and is not a substitute for reality, but is itself an immediate reality."
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""Salvation is always "good news." It is news of God's love and forgiveness-adoption into His family- fellowship with His people-freedom from the penalty of sin- liberation from the power of sin.""
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"In the case of news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation."
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"The Good News borne by our risen Messiah who chose not one race, who chose not one country, who chose not one language, who chose not one tribe, who chose all of humankind!"
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"When good news about the market hits the front page of the New York Times, sell."
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"To have news value is to have a tin can tied to one's tail."
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"Good news is rare these days, and every glittering ounce of it should be cherished and hoarded and worshipped and fondled like a priceless diamond."
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"The tax code is 10 times the size of the Bible with none of the good news."
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"The conscience of America seems to be paralyzed... We seem to be insensible to the things that are now taking place on motion picture screens and on the news stands that are constantly stimulating our young people."
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"I stopped buying Sunday papers about 15 years ago, because you'd buy handfuls of them, and what you got, because the hard news comes from so many other channels, was opinion pieces. You're better off spending the money on a good novel."
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"If someone's lying about something small, you don't know what else they're lying about. I'm a big girl, I can handle the truth - even if it's not good news."
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"None love the messenger who brings bad news."
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"News is something somebody doesn't want printed; all else is advertising."
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"I became a journalist because I didn't want to have to rely on the press for information... I only read it to make sure of whatever everyone else thinks is going on, because it's useful to know what people think is the news."
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"Strategically, a major function of the CEO is to look for bad news and encourage the organization to respond to it. Employees must be encouraged to share bad news as much as good news."
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