Tag Archives: Press

If those in charge of our society – politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television – can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves.
(Howard Zinn – American Historian)
07-Dec-1922 : 27-Jan-2010

Of-course we did, but we didn’t reply because we knew once this leaks the others will scatter, so in the few days we moved quickly before the press got hold of it. The press did get hold of it a few days later, we nabbed, we were able to get 15, the others got away.
(Lee Kuan Yew – Singaporean Statesman)
16-Sep-1923 :

Ever notice how irons have a setting for permanent press? I don’t get it.
(Steven Wright – American Comedian)
06-Dec-1955 :

Clinton… believes that the Washington Press Corps is so out of touch that it is absolutely inconceivable that reporters would understand the issues that people are really dealing with in their lives.
(Bob Woodward – American Journalist)
26-Mar-1943 :

The press is like a big bass, you just stick a hook in their mouth and they’ll take it.
(James Woods – American Actor)
18-Apr-1947 :