The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him. Russell Baker More Quotes by Russell Baker More Quotes From Russell Baker A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is like the Mafia getting together to bump off the Godfather for not going to church on Sunday. Russell Baker sundaypoliticalamerica Serious journalism need not be solemn. Russell Baker journalismseriousneeds Except for politics, no business is scrutinized more exhaustively than journalism. Russell Baker journalism There was scarcely a woman alive, it seemed, who could resist the urge to haul men down onto beds, car seats, kitchen floors, dining-room tables, park grass, parlor sofas, or packing crates, entwine warm thighs around them, and pant in ecstasy. Russell Baker carmensex Scientists have been struck by the fact that things that break down virtually never get lost, while things that get lost hardly ever break down. Russell Baker breaking-downsciencefacts Journalism talk is part of the nonstop background noise of American life. Russell Baker background-noisebackgroundsjournalism A day spent praising the earth and lamenting man's pollutionist history makes you feel like a superior, sensitive soul. Russell Baker soulearthmen Windows 95 is what Rube Goldberg would have designed if he'd studied cartooning at M.I.T. Russell Baker ifsinspirationalwindow The best discussion of trouble in boardroom and business office is found in newspapers' own financial pages and speeches by journalists in management jobs. Russell Baker speechofficejobs What sweeter words can fall on the human ear? It's going to be May all week long. Russell Baker earslongfall Poetry is so vital to us until school spoils it. Russell Baker poetry-ispoetryschool It's good for the soul to hear yourself as others hear you, and next time maybe, just maybe, you will not talk so much, so loudly, so brilliantly, so charmingly, so utterly shamelessly foolishly. Russell Baker next-timenextsoul After two years studying what rewrite men did with the facts I phoned them, I knew that journalism was essentially a task of stringing together seamlessly an endless series of cliches. Russell Baker mentwoyears Journalist: A person with nothing on his mind and the power to express it. Russell Baker journalistpersonsmind The twentieth century seems afflicted by a gigantic... power failure. Powerlessness and the sense of powerlessness may be the environmental disease of the age. Russell Baker environmentalsocietyage Feel good about linking hands in human chain for good causes. Russell Baker feel-goodcauseshands Industrial-strength foolishness sets in-in males, at least-at about the age of 18. This is why the military prefers males in the 18-to-25-year-old range when there's combat to be done. Russell Baker militaryageyears So there he is at last. Man on the moon. The poor magnificent bungler! He can't even get to the office without undergoing the agonies of the damned, but give him a little metal, a few chemicals, some wire and twenty or thirty billion dollars and vroom! there he is, up on a rock a quarter of a million miles up in the sky. Russell Baker moonmenscience Every day and in every way, baseball gets fancier. A few more years and they'll be playing on oriental rugs. Russell Baker baseballwayyears The best thing about being President is that it gets you out of American life. I don't know what the theory is behind this, but it is a fact. The first thing we do with a President is shunt him off to a siding where nothing American can ever happen to him. Russell Baker presidentfactsfirsts
