It was Queen Elizabeth who made me a foreign correspondent. Russell Baker correspondentelizabethforeign Change image and share on social
Roosevelt's declaration that Americans had 'nothing to fear but fear itself' was a glorious piece of inspirational rhetoric and just as gloriously wrong. Russell Baker americandeclarationfear Change image and share on social
Inanimate objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories; those that don't work, those that break down and those that get lost. Russell Baker breakcategoryclassify Change image and share on social
Anticipating that most poetry will be worse than carrying heavy luggage through O'Hare Airport, the public, to its loss, reads very little of it. Russell Baker airportanticipatebadly Change image and share on social
An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to be at best incomplete and very often false, misleading, fictitious, mendacious - just dead wrong. Russell Baker deadeducatefalse Change image and share on social
Americans like fat books and thin women. Russell Baker americanbookfat Change image and share on social
A day spent praising the earth and lamenting man's pollutionist history makes you feel like a superior, sensitive soul. Russell Baker dayearthfeel Change image and share on social
Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it. Russell Baker makepowersuffer Change image and share on social
The American press has the blues. Too many authorities have assured it that its days are numbered, too many good newspapers are in ruins. Russell Baker americanassureauthority Change image and share on social
Reporters thrive on the world's misfortune. For this reason they often take an indecent pleasure in events that dismay the rest of humanity. Russell Baker dismayeventhumanity Change image and share on social
