Jonathan Alter Quotes

• Logic can convince but only emotion can motivate.

  Jonathan Alter

  Emotion, Logic, Convince

  Jonathan Alter (2010). “The Promise: President Obama, Year One”, p.140, Simon and Schuster

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• If Franz Kafka were alive today he'd be writing about customer service.

  Jonathan Alter

  Escribir, Vivir el Hoy, Vivir

  Jonathan Alter (2008). “Between the Lines: A View Inside American Politics, People, and Culture”

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• Every patient reacts a little differently, both biologically and psychologically. The only constant in cancer is inconstancy; the only certainty is a future of uncertainty, a truism for all of modern life but one made vivid by life-threatening illness.

  Jonathan Alter

  Cancer, Modern Life, Littles

  Jonathan Alter (2008). “Between the Lines: A View Inside American Politics, People, and Culture”

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• Obama was willing to compromise and Republicans were not. That's not a biased statement. One of my problems with the limitations of journalism is that straightforward descriptions of reality are seen as being biased.

  Jonathan Alter

  Reality, Journalism, Compromise

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• I think it's a terrible system, but money in politics is like water running downhill -- it finds its way.

  Jonathan Alter

  Running, Thinking, Water

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• El precio de la lealtad es la incompetencia.

  Jonathan Alter

  Loyalty, Government, Incompetence

  Jonathan Alter (2008). “Between the Lines: A View Inside American Politics, People, and Culture”

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• The only thing worse than a silly politician analyzing art is a silly artist analyzing politics

  Jonathan Alter

  Art, Silly, Analyzing

  Jonathan Alter (2008). “Between the Lines: A View Inside American Politics, People, and Culture”

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• A veces, los ejecutivos tardan en darse cuenta de que los periodistas que consideran pequeños bichos que hay que aplastar o hacer girar pueden ser más poderosos de lo que son.

  Jonathan Alter

  Powerful, Thinking, Littles

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• The key to fixing education is better teaching, and the key to better teaching is figuring out who can teach and who can't.

  Jonathan Alter

  Education, Teaching, Keys

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• They say that 'history is an argument without end.' In Thompson's skillful hands, this momentous argument between two old friends on the most critical issue of the last century is thus history at its best. Thompson's judicious and delicious depiction of Nitze and Kennan will fascinate anyone who cares about the Cold War or the ways that human beings shape the future.

  Jonathan Alter

  Guerra, Manos, Dos

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• With his ABC News experience, perhaps Pierre Salinger's next job could be cohosting-with Oliver Stone-a 24-hour Conspiracy Network.

  Jonathan Alter

  Jobs, News, Stones

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• In the press grandstand where I watched Discovery rise against the cloudless sky, the media hit the abort button on cynicism. The Earth shook to the sounds of man, three miles away. The candle lit. . . only someone stripped of awe can leave a launch untouched.

  Jonathan Alter

  Men, Media, Sky

  Jonathan Alter (2008). “Between the Lines: A View Inside American Politics, People, and Culture”

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• Al sentar las bases de un sistema centrado en la propiedad de la vivienda en lugar de la vivienda pública popular en Europa, el New Deal hizo posible el gran boom inmobiliario de la posguerra que pobló el Cinturón del Sol e impulsó a millones de estadounidenses a la clase media, donde, irónicamente, a menudo se convirtieron en republicanos.

  Jonathan Alter

  Home, Europe, Class

  Jonathan Alter (2007). “The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope”, p.284, Simon and Schuster

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• The only reason the House hasn't done even more damage is that the Senate often sands down the most noxious ideas, making the bills merely bad, not disastrous.

  Jonathan Alter

  Ideas, House, Done

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• Casi nadie menor de 60 años recuerda cómo era la recaudación de fondos antes del Watergate. Hasta los años setenta, el dinero de las campañas lo recaudaban los "carteristas", personajes conocidos del mundo del crimen organizado. Como saben los fans de Boardwalk Empire, un carterista es un intermediario político que se pasea con montones de billetes de 100 y 1.000 dólares. En los niveles inferiores, utilizaba bolsas de papel de estraza. En las campañas presidenciales, el dinero solía ir en maletines. Así tenía más clase.

  Jonathan Alter

  Character, Fundraising, Presidential

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• Millones de estadounidenses seguirían desesperándose en los ocho largos años de Depresión que les aguardaban y muchos de sus sueños individuales se verían truncados en las rocas de las dificultades económicas. Pero colectivamente, el país se encontraba en un nuevo lugar, con una nueva confianza en que el gobierno federal intentaría activamente resolver los problemas en lugar de juguetear o complacer a los ricos. La esperanza ya no era para Pollyannas; los cínicos sobre el sistema estadounidense estaban en retirada.

  Jonathan Alter

  Dream, Country, Eight

  Jonathan Alter (2007). “The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope”, p.306, Simon and Schuster

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• The basic problem is with the business model of journalism. That business model is premised on the idea that talk is cheap and reporting is expensive.

  Jonathan Alter

  Ideas, Journalism, Problem

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• Unless the digital divide is narrowed soon, the United States may be headed to the class warfare of a century ago, the last time the economy changed so fundamentally. It won't be pleasant.

  Jonathan Alter

  Class, United States, Warfare

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• If it's easy for the government to learn about us, it should be easier for us to learn about the government.

  Jonathan Alter

  Government, Easy, Easier

  "'The Center Holds' Sees Victory For Moderates In Obama's Win". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. June 20, 2013.

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