Pat Oliphant Quotes

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Journalism was looked upon as a more noble thing than it is now. I don't know if it carries the same cachet that it did then.

Pat Oliphant

If it were not for the fact that editors have become so timorous in these politically correct times, I would probably have a greater readership than I have.

Pat Oliphant

One-newspaper towns are not good because all the surviving newspaper does is print money. They make 25 percent on their money every year, and if they go down to 22 percent, they start laying people off.

Pat Oliphant

There has always been quite a strong black and white art tradition in Australia, with quite a large contingent of cartoonists, given the size of the population.

Pat Oliphant

Even if you go to Australia today, it's very much like visiting a state you haven't been to.

Pat Oliphant

I've always looked upon politics as a very boring thing. Politics never interested me as much as the people involved in it.

Pat Oliphant

Pat Oliphant

Pat Oliphant

Born: July 24, 1935 (age 90)

Bio: Patrick Bruce "Pat" Oliphant is an Australian editorial cartoonist whose career spans more than fifty years. His trademark is a small penguin character named Punk, who is often seen making a comment about the subject of the panel.

Known for:

Oliphant's anthem (1998)
Waiting for the other shoe to drop-- (1994)
Fashions for the new world order (1991)
Why do I feel uneasy? (1993)

Pat Oliphant on Wikipedia

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