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Jim Bishop quotes

American Journalist November 21, 1907

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When you read about a car crash in which two or three youngsters are killed, do you pause to dwell on the amount of love and treasure and patience parents poured into bodies no longer suitable for open caskets? Jim Bishop
Jim Bishop quote: "At 19, everything is possible and tomorrow looks friendly."
At 19, everything is possible and tomorrow looks friendly. Jim Bishop
The reporter is the daily prisoner of clocked facts. On all working days, he is expected to do his best in one swift swipe at each story. Jim Bishop
It is impossible to read for pleasure from something to which you are both father and mother, born in such travail that the writer despises the thing that enslaved him. Jim Bishop
Jim Bishop quote: "A good writer is not, per se, a good book critic. No more so..."
A good writer is not, per se, a good book critic. No more so than a good drunk is automatically a good bartender. Jim Bishop
Jim Bishop quote: "Watching your daughter being collected by her date feels like..."
Watching your daughter being collected by her date feels like handing over a million dollar Stradivarius to a gorilla. Jim Bishop
Jim Bishop quote: "Books, I found, had the power to make timestand still, retreat..."
Books, I found, had the power to make timestand still, retreat or fly into the future. Jim Bishop
A newspaper is lumber made malleable. It is ink made into words and pictures. It is conceived, born, grows up and dies of old age in a day. Jim Bishop
Jim Bishop quote: "Golf is played by twenty million mature American men whose..."
Golf is played by twenty million mature American men whose wives think they are out having fun. Jim Bishop
Jim Bishop quote: "I can look at my books with pleasure from a distance. Four..."
I can look at my books with pleasure from a distance. Four feet is close enough. Jim Bishop
It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future and impossible to live in the past. Nothing is as far away as one minute ago. Jim Bishop
Archaeology is the peeping Tom of the sciences. It is the sandbox of men who care not where they are going; they merely want to know where everyone else has been. Jim Bishop
The future is an opaque mirror. Anyone who tries to look into it sees nothing but the dim outlines of an old and worried face. Jim Bishop
Jim Bishop quote: "Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other..."
Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons. Jim Bishop
Jim Bishop quote: "Scoops of mint ice cream with chips of chocolate cows."
Scoops of mint ice cream with chips of chocolate cows. Jim Bishop

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