#press

My first public impression was my French teacher, Derek Swift. ↗

— Rory Bremner

#first #french #impression #public #swift

I've no idea what they make of me. People usually don't recognise themselves in an impression. ↗

— Rory Bremner

#idea #impression #make #me #no idea

Criticizing Fox News has nothing to do with criticizing the press. Fox News is not a news organization. It is the de facto leader of the GOP, and it is long past time that it is treated as such by the media, elected officials and the public. ↗

— David Brock

#elected #elected officials #facto #fox #fox news

The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating people to approach printed matter with distrust. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#distrust #educating #important #magazines #matter

Grace must find expression in life, otherwise it is not grace. ↗

— Karl Barth

#find #grace #life #must #otherwise

What a gulf between impression and expression! That’s our ironic fate—to have Shakespearean feelings and (unless by some billion-to-one chance we happen to be Shakespeare) to talk about them like automobile salesmen or teen-agers or college professors. We practice alchemy in reverse—touch gold and it turns into lead; touch the pure lyrics of experience, and they turn into the verbal equivalents of tripe and hogwash. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#language #words #experience

Language is legislation, speech is its code. We do not see the power which is in speech because we forget that all speech is a classification, and that all classifications are oppressive. ↗

— Roland Barthes

#classification #code #forget #language #legislation

If you have anything really valuable to contribute to the world it will come through the expression of your own personality, that single spark of divinity that sets you off and makes you different from every other living creature. ↗

— Bruce Barton

#come #contribute #creature #different #divinity

Press coverage has been difficult for him. I did not set out to ensnare him with a child. ↗

— Martin Bashir

#child #coverage #did #difficult #him

The press follow me. I sue them. That's the deal. ↗

— Emmanuelle Beart

#follow #i #me #press #sue