Karl Kraus - Time Quotes

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Journalist: a person without any ideas but with an ability to express them; a writer whose skill is improved by a deadline: the more time he has, the worse he writes.

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A journalist is stimulated by a deadline. He writes worse when he has time.

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Democracy divides people into workers and loafers. It makes no provision for those who have no time to work.

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"A cigar," said the altruist, "a cigar, my good man, I cannot give you. But any time you need a light, just come round, mine is always lit."

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Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time in essays.

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In a well-run mental household there ought to be a thorough cleaning at the threshold of consciousness a few times a year.

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A plagiarist should be made to copy the author a hundred times.

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It is the mission of the press to disseminate intellect and at the same time destroy receptivity to it.

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An illusion of depth often occurs if a blockhead is a muddlehead at the same time

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