"No, there are no hard and fast rules about sources, no printed booklet to help journalists through."

-- Ian Hislop

#Helping Quotes #Source Quotes #Journalist Quotes

“In the end,Â the discipline of verification is what separates journalism from entertainment, propaganda, fiction, or art.”
“Life has no guarantees, though. What good is living if all you think about is dying?”
“The best book on programming for the layman is 'Alice in Wonderland'; but that's because it's the best book on anything for the layman.”

Source : "Epigrams on Programming". ACM "SIGPLAN" Notices 17 (9), (pp. 7-13), September 1982.
“We in politics are accustomed to seeing reality firsthand and then watching its distant cousin, events as portrayed by the media, unfold on our televisions. We know that what happened in Congress and what is reported to have taken place are two very different things. But that disjuncture, so familiar to politicians, is new to the viewing public. By seeing war and war coverage juxtaposed nightly on their screens, Americans have learned the crucial lesson: not to trust the news anchors.”
“[Buckminster Fuller] was quite a Newtonian in certain ways. But he was an excellent inventor and kept people on their toes.”
“Music is part of being human.”
“The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.”
“The difference between writing a book and being on television is the difference between conceiving a child and having a baby made in a test tube.”

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