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William Safire quotes: Never feel guilty about reading, it's what you do to do your job. Never feel guilty about reading, it's what you do to do your job.
William Safire quotes: A reader ought to be able to hold it and become familiar with its organized contents and make it a mind's manageable companion. A reader ought to be able to hold it and become familiar with its organized contents and make it a mind's manageable companion.
William Safire quotes: Some handsome and ambitious men believe they are above all morality, and a woman's virtue becomes a mere challenge to them. Some handsome and ambitious men believe they are above all morality, and a woman's virtue becomes a mere challenge to them.
William Safire quotes: It is in the nature of tyranny to deride the will of the people as the voice of the mob, and to denounce the cry for freedom as the roar It is in the nature of tyranny to deride the will of the people as the voice of the mob, and to denounce the cry for freedom as the roar of anarchy.
William Safire quotes: Of higher value than any one leader is the cause. Of higher value than any one leader is the cause.
William Safire quotes: Writers who used to show off their erudition no longer sing in the bare ruined choir of the media. Writers who used to show off their erudition no longer sing in the bare ruined choir of the media.
William Safire quotes: When articulation is impossible, gesticulation comes to the rescue. When articulation is impossible, gesticulation comes to the rescue.
William Safire quotes: Adjective salad is delicious, with each element contributing its individual and unique flavor; but a puree of adjective soup tastes yecchy. Adjective salad is delicious, with each element contributing its individual and unique flavor; but a puree of adjective soup tastes yecchy.
William Safire quotes: I want my questions answered by an alert and experienced politician, prepared to be grilled and quoted not my hand held by an old smoothie. I want my questions answered by an alert and experienced politician, prepared to be grilled and quoted
not my hand held by an old smoothie.
William Safire quotes: I could get a better education interviewing John Steinbeck than talking to an English professor about novels. I could get a better education interviewing John Steinbeck than talking to an English professor about novels.
William Safire quotes: President Reagan is a rhetorical roundheels, as befits a politician seeking empathy with his audience. President Reagan is a rhetorical roundheels, as befits a politician seeking empathy with his audience.
William Safire quotes: Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected. Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected.
William Safire quotes: It's Bush's baby, even if he shares its popularization with Gorbachev. Forget the Hitler 'new order' root; F.D.R. used the phrase earlier. It's Bush's baby, even if he shares its popularization with Gorbachev. Forget the Hitler 'new order' root; F.D.R. used the phrase earlier.
William Safire quotes: Never assume the obvious is true. Never assume the obvious is true.
William Safire quotes: A man who lies, thinking it is the truth, is an honest man, and a man who tells the truth, believing it to be a lie, is a liar. A man who lies, thinking it is the truth, is an honest man, and a man who tells the truth, believing it to be a lie, is a liar.
William Safire quotes: If America cannot win a war in a week, it begins negotiating with itself. If America cannot win a war in a week, it begins negotiating with itself.
William Safire quotes: Took me a while to get to the point today, but that is because I did not know what the point was when I started. Took me a while to get to the point today, but that is because I did not know what the point was when I started.
William Safire quotes: When I need to know the meaning of a word, I look it up in a dictionary. When I need to know the meaning of a word, I look it up in a dictionary.
William Safire quotes: Only in grammar can you be more than perfect. Only in grammar can you be more than perfect.
William Safire quotes: I'm a right-wing pundit and have been for many years. I'm a right-wing pundit and have been for many years.
William Safire quotes: A book should have an intellectual shape and a heft that comes with dealing with a primary subject. A book should have an intellectual shape and a heft that comes with dealing with a primary subject.
William Safire quotes: Previously known for its six syllables of sweetness and light, reconciliation has become the political fighting word of the year. Previously known for its six syllables of sweetness and light, reconciliation has become the political fighting word of the year.
William Safire quotes: When duty calls, that is when character counts. When duty calls, that is when character counts.
William Safire quotes: Decide on some imperfect Somebody and you will win, because the truest truism in politics is: You can't beat Somebody with Nobody. Decide on some imperfect Somebody and you will win, because the truest truism in politics is: You can't beat Somebody with Nobody.
William Safire quotes: Adapt your style, if you wish, to admit the color of slang or freshness of neologism, but hang tough on clarity, precision, structure, grace. Adapt your style, if you wish, to admit the color of slang or freshness of neologism, but hang tough on clarity, precision, structure, grace.
William Safire quotes: The wonderful thing about being a New York Times columnist is that it's like a Supreme Court appointment - they're stuck with you for a long time. The wonderful thing about being a New York Times columnist is that it's like a Supreme Court appointment - they're stuck with you for a long time.
William Safire quotes: A reader should be able to identify a column without its byline or funny little picture on top purely by look or feel, or its turgidity ratio. A reader should be able to identify a column without its byline or funny little picture on top purely by look or feel, or its turgidity ratio.
William Safire quotes: This is what it's all about. From what I could see, you could get a bunch of people together, whip up the press and have some impact. This is what it's all about. From what I could see, you could get a bunch of people together, whip up the press and have some impact.
William Safire quotes: I welcome new words, or old words used in new ways, provided the result is more precision, added color or greater expressiveness. I welcome new words, or old words used in new ways, provided the result is more precision, added color or greater expressiveness.
William Safire quotes: Don't expect others to do your work for you. Don't expect others to do your work for you.
William Safire quotes: The most successful column is one that causes the reader to throw down the paper in a peak of fit. The most successful column is one that causes the reader to throw down the paper in a peak of fit.
William Safire quotes: I'm willing to zap conservatives when they do things that are not libertarian. I'm willing to zap conservatives when they do things that are not libertarian.
William Safire quotes: To communicate, put your words in order; give them a purpose; use them to persuade, to instruct, to discover, to seduce. To communicate, put your words in order; give them a purpose; use them to persuade, to instruct, to discover, to seduce.
William Safire quotes: Dangling punch lines to forgotten stories remain in the language like the smile of the Cheshire cat. Dangling punch lines to forgotten stories remain in the language like the smile of the Cheshire cat.
William Safire quotes: What a joy it is to see really professional media manipulation. What a joy it is to see really professional media manipulation.
William Safire quotes: It behooves us to avoid archaisms. Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do. It behooves us to avoid archaisms. Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do.
William Safire quotes: Why use a modifier to set straight a not-quite-right noun when the right noun is available? Why use a modifier to set straight a not-quite-right noun when the right noun is available?
William Safire quotes: By elevating your reading, you will improve your writing or at least tickle your thinking. By elevating your reading, you will improve your writing or at least tickle your thinking.
William Safire quotes: The first ladyship is the only federal office in which the holder can neither be fired nor impeached. The first ladyship is the only federal office in which the holder can neither be fired nor impeached.
William Safire quotes: Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care. Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care.
William Safire quotes: If you re-read your work, you can find on re-reading a great deal of repetition can be avoided by re-reading and editing. If you re-read your work, you can find on re-reading a great deal of repetition can be avoided by re-reading and editing.
William Safire quotes: Carter is the best President the Soviet Union ever had. Carter is the best President the Soviet Union ever had.
William Safire quotes: To be accused of 'channeling' is to be dismissed as a ventriloquist's live dummy, derogated at not having a mind of one's own. To be accused of 'channeling' is to be dismissed as a ventriloquist's live dummy, derogated at not having a mind of one's own.
William Safire quotes: Cast aside any column about two subjects. It means the pundit chickened out on the hard decision about what to write about that day. Cast aside any column about two subjects. It means the pundit chickened out on the hard decision about what to write about that day.
William Safire quotes: No one flower can ever symbolize this nation. America is a bouquet ... No one flower can ever symbolize this nation. America is a bouquet ...
William Safire quotes: As long as one American is hungry ... then we have unfinished business in this country. As long as one American is hungry ... then we have unfinished business in this country.
William Safire quotes: Better to be a jerk that knees than a knee that jerks. Better to be a jerk that knees than a knee that jerks.
William Safire quotes: Never put the story in the lead. Let 'em have a hot shot of ambiguity right between the eyes. Never put the story in the lead. Let 'em have a hot shot of ambiguity right between the eyes.
William Safire quotes: Our rogue President, after selling face time ... Our rogue President, after selling face time ...
William Safire quotes: English is a stretch language; one size fits all. English is a stretch language; one size fits all.
William Safire quotes: The new, old, and constantly changing language of politics is a lexicon of conflict and drama?ridicule and reproach?pleading and persuasion. The new, old, and constantly changing language of politics is a lexicon of conflict and drama?ridicule and reproach?pleading and persuasion.
William Safire quotes: Have a definite opinion. Have a definite opinion.
William Safire quotes: Avoid overuse of 'quotation "marks."' Avoid overuse of 'quotation "marks."'
William Safire quotes: A dependent clause is like a dependent child: incapable of standing on its own but able to cause a lot of trouble. A dependent clause is like a dependent child: incapable of standing on its own but able to cause a lot of trouble.
William Safire quotes: Create your own constituency of the infuriated. Create your own constituency of the infuriated.
William Safire quotes: Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight. Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight.
William Safire quotes: I think we all have a need to know what we do not need to know. I think we all have a need to know what we do not need to know.
William Safire quotes: One challenge to the arts in America is the need to make the arts, especially the classic masterpieces, accessible and relevant to today's audience. One challenge to the arts in America is the need to make the arts, especially the classic masterpieces, accessible and relevant to today's audience.
William Safire quotes: The most fun in breaking a rule is in knowing what rule you're breaking. The most fun in breaking a rule is in knowing what rule you're breaking.
William Safire quotes: The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right. The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.
William Safire quotes: Gridlock is great. My motto is, 'Don't just do something. Stand there.' Gridlock is great. My motto is, 'Don't just do something. Stand there.'
William Safire quotes: At a certain point, what people mean when they use a word becomes its meaning. At a certain point, what people mean when they use a word becomes its meaning.
William Safire quotes: Color and bite permeate a language designed to rally many men, to destroy some, and to change the minds of others. Color and bite permeate a language designed to rally many men, to destroy some, and to change the minds of others.

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