Creative Quotations from . . .
Russell Baker
(1925-____) born on Aug 14
US "journalist, author, humorist". "He was a columnist for the "NY Times;" won a Pulitzer, 1982, for his autobiography, "Growing Up.""
 
   
F
A railroad station? That was sort of a primitive airport, only you didn't have to take a cab 20 miles out of town to reach it."

R
People seem to enjoy things more when they know that a lot of other people have been left out on the pleasure.
A
"In America, it is sport that is the opiate of the masses."
N
Disguises thinner than a Chicago stripteaser's work clothes.
K
It seems to be a law in American life that whatever enriches us anywhere except in the wallet inevitably becomes uneconomic.


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "In NY "Times," 5 Nov 86"
R: "In "Webster's Electronic Quotebase," ed. Keith Mohler, 1994."
A: "'The New York Times', Oct. 3, 1967"
N: "On characterizations in novels set in Washington DC; in NY "Times," 28 Apr 62"
K: New York Times (24 March 1968).



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