People who say you're just as old as you feel are all wrong, fortunately. Russell Baker feelfortunatelypeople Change image and share on social
Poetry is so vital to us until school spoils it. Russell Baker poetryschoolspoil Change image and share on social
Few expected very much of Franklin Roosevelt on Inauguration Day in 1933. Like Barack Obama seventy-six years later, he was succeeding a failed Republican president, and Americans had voted for change. What that change might be Roosevelt never clearly said, probably because he himself didn't know. Russell Baker americanbarackchange share on social
It was clear soon after his election that Obama, like FDR, wanted to start dealing with the economic crisis immediately after his inauguration. Russell Baker clearcrisisdeal Change image and share on social
Anything that isn't opposed by about 40 percent of humanity is either an evil business or so unimportant that it simply doesn't matter. Russell Baker businessevilhumanity Change image and share on social
Feel good about linking hands in human chain for good causes. Russell Baker chainfeelgood Change image and share on social
Strategic thinkers were naturally rattled to find this outsider fooling around with their work. They had been thinking strategically when Reagan was just another movie actor playing opposite a chimpanzee, for heaven's sake. They think Reagan is too naive, too innocent, to grasp the intellectual complexities of cold war strategy. Russell Baker actorchimpanzeecold share on social
Except for politics, no business is scrutinized more exhaustively than journalism. Russell Baker businessexhaustivelyjournalism Change image and share on social
My natural instinct after doing something shameful is not to rush into the street boasting about it but to put on dark glasses and head for the next county, hoping nobody notices I've been in the neighborhood. Russell Baker boastcountydark share on social
The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him. Russell Baker defeatgoalinanimate Change image and share on social