I find nothing more depressing than optimism. Paul Fussell No opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible. W. H. Auden
US (English-born) critic & poet (1907 - 1973) A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not. Henry Fielding
English dramatist & novelist (1707 - 1754) This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim. James Reston, New York Times, June 12 1968
(1909 - ) Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock. Ben Hecht
US author & dramatist (1893 - 1964) Dealing with network executives is like being nibbled to death by ducks. Eric Sevareid A nation is a society united by delusions about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbors. William Ralph Inge
English author & Anglican prelate (1860 - 1954) Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune. Kin Hubbard
(1868 - 1930) The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself. Will Rogers
US humorist & showman (1879 - 1935) The average, healthy, well-adjusted adult gets up at seven-thirty in the morning feeling just plain terrible. Jean Kerr | 
