Newpapers Quotes

“There is much to be said in favor of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch of the ignorance of the community. By carefully chronicling the current events of contemporary life, it shows us of what very little importance such events really are. By invariably discussing the unnecessary, it makes us understand what things are requisite for culture, and what are not.”
― Oscar Wilde

“I stopped for a few seconds by the newspaper stand wondering whether to buy the two evening papers here, the two biggest publications. Reading them was like emptying a bag of trash over your head. Now and then I did buy them, when it felt as though a bit more trash up there wouldn't make any difference.”
― Karl Ove Knausgaard

“I don’t mind my friends calling me “Thornes,” but the fact of people calling me “Prickly Thornes” draws the line.”
― Simi Sunny, The White Sirens