Quotes of Headline - somelinesforyou

“ Writing headlines is a specialty-there are outstanding writers who will tell you they couldn't write a headline to save their lives. ”

- Bill Walsh

“ They take the paper and they read the headlines. So they've heard of unemployment and they've heard of bread-lines. And they philanthropically cure them all by getting up a costume charity ball. ”

- Ogden Nash

“ They didn't get anything out of it, other than some headlines. ”

- Bill Frist

“ I hear the headlines on the radio, see them on TV and read them in the paper. When I hear from the men out there, I sometimes don't believe they are talking about the same situation. ”

- Lyndon Johnson

“ If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: 'PRESIDENT CAN'T SWIM.'. ”

- Lyndon Johnson

“ Why don't you put that in the headline: 'He Only Did Three With Doris!' Set a lot of people straight. ”

- Rock Hudson

“ The headline is the most important element of an ad. It must offer a promise to the reader of a believable benefit. And it must be phrased in a way to give it memory value. ”

- Morris Hite

“ I'm not a headline guy. I know that as long as I was following Ruth to the plate I could have stood on my head and no one would have known the difference. ”

- Lou Gehrig

“ Some people make headlines while others make history. ”

- Philip Elmer DeWitt

“ The real winners are not those at the top but those who have come the farthest over the toughest roads. Your victory may never make the headlines. But you will know about it, and that's what counts. ”

- Ernest A. Fitzgerald

“ How about this for a headline for tomorrow's paper? French fries. ”

- James French

“ Headlines twice the size of the events. ”

- John Galsworthy

“ Harmony seldom makes a headline. ”

- Silas Bent

“ Here's something to think about: How come you never see a headline like 'Psychic Wins Lottery'? ”

- Jay Leno

“ If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read "President Can't Swim". ”

- Lyndon B. Johnson

“ I once used the word OBSOLETE in a headline, only to discover that 43 per cent of housewives had no idea what it meant. In another headline, I used the word INEFFABLE, only to discover that I didn't know what it meant myself. ”

- David Ogilvy

“ Newspaper headlines throughout the nation scream what's wrong with Hollywood. Someone has to tell the people what's right with it. That certainly isn't my job alone, but I've taken it on because there's such a great need for giving people an honest, accurate picture of Hollywood. ”

- George Murphy

“ I never take ideas from the headlines. I feel that if a story is good enough, a real story that is, then it's already been covered by the media, and if it's not good enough, why would I want to bother with it? ”

- Evan Hunter

“ Journalism over here is not only an obsession but a drawback that cannot be overrated. Politicians are frightened of the press, and in the same way as bull-fighting has a brutalizing effect upon Spain headlines of murder, rape, and rubbish, excite and demoralize the American public. ”

- Margot Asquith

“ Be comfortable with who you are', reads the headline on the Hush Puppies poster. Are they mad? If people were comfortable with who they were, they'd never buy any products except the ones they needed, and then where would the advertising industry be? ”

- Mark Edwards
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