17 ordspråk av Mike Royko

US  Mike Royko

Mike Royko föddes den September 19th 1932 och dog den 29 April 1997 - US writer
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 Forty years ago, we were on the tail of the Front Page era. There was a different point of view. Reporters and editors were more forgiving of public people. They didn't think they had to stick someone in jail to make a career.

 God tipped the country and all the fruits and nuts rolled west.

 Hating the (New York) Yankees is as American as pizza pie, unwed mothers, and cheating on your income tax

 Hating the (New York) Yankees is as American as pizza pie, unwed mothers, and cheating on your income tax

 Hey, Dennis, this is Mike! Kick me, please! I'll settle for the price of a set of golf clubs.

 His goal is not quality journalism. His goal is vast power for Rupert Murdoch, political power.

 I never went to a John Wayne movie to find a philosophy to live by or to absorb a profound message. I went for the simple pleasure of spending a couple of hours seeing the bad guys lose.

 It's been my policy to view the Internet not as an 'information highway,' but as an electronic asylum filled with babbling loonies.

 New York didn't need that 1969 pennant...all Cub fans wanted was that one measly pennant. It would have kept us happy until the twenty-first century. But New York took that from us and I can never forgive that.

 Show me the worst school districts in Detroit, New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, and I'll show you parents that shouldn't be raising a Chia Pet, much less a child.

 So if you visit Chicago, enjoy the many great courses, the Midwestern friendliness, and the cities other amenities. But if a stranger with a goofy swing wants to play for more than loose change, take a pass. It's a long walk back to your hotel in bare feet.

 The Newberry seemed the perfect place for Mike's papers, ... I'm sure he would be honored and humbled to know his columns and papers are in such good company with the works of his respected colleagues and those he admired. Now everything he saved, from his funny hand-written responses to readers to the get well letters he received, will be accessible to anyone who wants to see a more personal side of Mike.

 The subject of criminal rehabilitation was debated recently in City Hall. It's an appropriate place for this kind of discussion because the city has always employed so many ex-cons and future cons.

 They say he is kind of dumb. This, they contend, is why he let his pal, Ted Isaacs, lead him to graft, disgrace, and, probably, a federal pen.

 When I asked him how long he had been driving a taxi, he said, Dree mouse.


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