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John Gunther Quotes
Page 1 of 1John Gunther
August 30, 1901 - May 29, 1970
Nationality: American
Category: Journalist
Subcategory: American Journalist
|  It's the equivalent of putting on the brakes suddenly while driving uphill. | | All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast. | | The last copy of the Chicago Daily News I picked up had three crime stories on its front page. But by comparison to the gaudy days, this is small-time stuff. Chicago is as full of crooks as a saw with teeth, but the era when they ruled the city is gone forever. | | One travels like a golf ball, hopping from green to green. | | What interested me was not news, but appraisal. What I sought was to grasp the flavor of a man, his texture, his impact, what he stood for, what he believed in, what made him what he was and what color he gave to the fabric of his time. | | If a man's from Texas, he'll tell you. If he's not, why embarrass him by asking? | | The first essence of journalism is to know what you want to know, the second, is to find out who will tell you. | | There are no generalizations in American politics that vested selfishness cannot cut through. | | Ours is the only country deliberately founded on a good idea. |
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