Nicolas Bentley famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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No news is good news. No journalists is even better.
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He followed in his father's footsteps, but his gait was somewhat erratic.
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Learning history is easy; learning its lessons seems almost impossibly difficult.
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Her interest in natural history was confined to observation of the crows' feet gathering around her eyes.
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Getting married is a serious matter for a girl; not getting married is even more serious.
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He who enjoys a good neighbor, said the Greeks, has a precious possession. Same goes for neighbour's wife.
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One should not exaggerate the importance of trifles. Life, for instance, is much too short to be taken seriously.
-- Nicolas Bentley
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I wouldn't call myself a geek, but I do sometimes teach Mommy and Daddy stuff about computers. And I do watch TV, but only informative programmes like the news and documentaries.
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We get so little news about the developing world that we often forget that there are literally millions of people out there struggling to change things to be fairer, freer, more democratic, less corrupt.
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News is what somebody somewhere wants to suppress; all the rest is advertising.
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I only watch MSNBC for the news.
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Journalists do not live by words alone, although sometimes they have to eat them.
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Journalists love to show their compassion.
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The curse of a journalist is that he always has more questions than answers.
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I amused myself playing with the journalists.
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Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible.
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Journalists never make it clear when you are joking.
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