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In any war, the first casualty is common sense, and the second is free and open discussion. — James Reston

As General Eisenhower discovered, it is easier to end the Cold War or stamp out poverty than to master this devilish pastime. — James Reston Jr.

I mean, that was the code, wasn't it? Single girls and taken guys weren't allowed to be friends. The leash always got in the way. — Carrie Butler

If it's far away, it's news, but if it's close at home, it's sociology. — James Reston

The people of the United States will do anything for Latin America, except read about it. — James Barrett Reston

Stick with the optimists. It's going to be tough enough even if they're right. — James Reston

Wealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides. — James Reston

Americans have always been able to handle austerity and even adversity. Prosperity is what is doing us in. — James Reston

All politics are based on the indifference of the majority. — James Reston

[M]editation is the life of of most other duties; and the view of heaven is the life of meditation (559). — Richard Baxter

You fake something until you're good at it. — Al Yankovic

The smell of glazed sugar and folded pride still lingered on her clothes. — Leslye Walton

He inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebearers, but by diligent hard work, he overcame them. — James Reston Jr.

Shop for security over happiness and we buy it at that price. — Richard Bach

Golf is the Lord's punishment for man's sins. — James Reston Jr.

This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim. — James Reston

You've got to look for a gap, where competitors in a market have grown lazy and lost contact with the readers or the viewers. — Rupert Murdoch

A government is the only vessel that leaks from the top. — James Reston

Triste lay in a heap, her dress hitched up around her thighs, whimpering and shuddering until Gwenna shifted to kick her ungently in the head. — Brian Staveley

Golf: A plague invented by the Calvinistic Scots as a punishment for man's sins. — James Barrett Reston

In foreign policy you have to wait twenty-five years to see how it comes out. — James Reston

Europe has a press that stresses opinions; America a press, radio, and television that emphasize news. — James Reston

'Anchorman' is my favorite movie of all time and Ron Burgundy is one of my favorite characters of all time. It's my 'Gone With the Wind.' — Eva Mendes

The ship of state is the only known vessel that leaks from the top. — James Reston

There's nothing worse than seeing your teammates battle, knowing you can't help. — Nelson Cruz