Kingman Brewster, Jr. Quotes

There is no greater challenge than to have someone relying upon you; no greater satisfaction than to vindicate his expectation.
Kingman Brewster, Jr.

Someone, Challenge, Greater

If I take refuge in ambiguity, I assure you that it's quite conscious.
Kingman Brewster, Jr.

Quite, Conscious, Ambiguity

We all live in a televised goldfish bowl.
Kingman Brewster, Jr.

Live, Bowl, Goldfish

Incomprehensible jargon is the hallmark of a profession.
Kingman Brewster, Jr.

Profession, Hallmark, Jargon

It won't make for a quiet life but it will make for an interesting paper vastly more significant because it is doing something only a daily paper can do.
Kingman Brewster, Jr.

Life, Daily, Won

Judgment is more than skill. It sets forth on intellectual seas beyond the shores of hard indisputable factual information.
Kingman Brewster, Jr.

Hard, Beyond, Judgment

Maybe you are the 'cool' generation If coolness means a capacity to stay calm and use your head in the service of ends passionately believed in, then it has my admiration.
Kingman Brewster, Jr.

Cool, Service, Calm

The function of a briefing paper is to prevent the ambassador from saying something dreadfully indiscreet. I sometimes think its true object is to prevent the ambassador from saying anything at all.
Kingman Brewster, Jr.

True, Saying, Sometimes

The newspaper fits the reader's program while the listener must fit the broadcaster's program.
Kingman Brewster, Jr.

While, Fit, Newspaper

Universities should be safe havens where ruthless examination of realities will not be distorted by the aim to please or inhibited by the risk of displeasure.
Kingman Brewster, Jr.

Risk, Aim, Please

While the spoken word can travel faster, you can't take it home in your hand. Only the written word can be absorbed wholly at the convenience of the reader.
Kingman Brewster, Jr.

Home, Travel, Word

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Biography

Nationality: American

Born: June 17, 1919

Died: November 8, 1988

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