Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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Those who remember Washington's cold war culture in the 1980s will recall the shocked reactions to Reagan's intervention. People interested in foreign policy were astonished when in 1985 he met alone at Geneva - alone, not a single strategic thinker at his elbow! - with the Soviet Communist master Gorbachev.

Russell Baker's Popular Quotes

Listen once in a while. It's amazing what you can hear.

- Russell Baker

Reality is the only obstacle to happiness.

- Russell Baker

The worst thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a tourist.

- Russell Baker

The best advice I can give anybody about going out into the world is this: Don't do it. I have been out there. It is a mess....

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The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion rested solely on my suspicion that I would never be fit for real work, and that writ…

- Russell Baker

An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to be at best incomplete and very often false, misleading, fictiti…

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The people who say: 'You are what you eat' have always seemed addled to me. In my opinion, you are what you think, and if you don't think, you can ea…

- Russell Baker

Happiness is a small and unworthy goal for something as big and fancy as a whole lifetime, and should be taken in small doses.

- Russell Baker

Life is always walking up to us and saying, "Come on in, the living's fine," and what do we do? Back off and take its picture.

- Russell Baker