Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

H. L. Mencken Quotes: The way for newspapers to meet the competition of radio and television is simply to get out better papers.
         

The way for newspapers to meet the competition of radio and television is simply to get out better papers.


H. L. Mencken
Check all other quotes by H. L. Mencken

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"H. L. Mencken Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Wed. 18 Dec. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/The-way-for-newspapers-to-meet-the-632668>.





Check out


Other quotes of H. L. Mencken


Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.



On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.

On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.



The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.

The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.



The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.



Morality is doing what is right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right.

Morality is doing what is right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right.



Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.




The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.



It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.

It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.



Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.

Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.





Other quotes you may like



If someone can handle you at your worst, they'll stick around for your best.

If someone can handle you at your worst, they'll stick around for your best.



But as in all cults, what's central to the Communist Party is the belief system and the elimination of nuance. From there you're very slowly led down the road to fanaticism and mass murder.

But as in all cults, what's central to the Communist Party is the belief system and the elimination of nuance. From there you're very slowly led down the road to fanaticism and mass murder.



If there is a God, the King of kings, there is also a Kingdom. If there is a Kingdom, there must also be an army. Now the question is, are you in this army and are you willing to fight for your King?

If there is a God, the King of kings, there is also a Kingdom. If there is a Kingdom, there must also be an army. Now the question is, are you in this army and are you willing to fight for your King?



My resolution is to make positivity, thankfulness and happiness my new mantra.

My resolution is to make positivity, thankfulness and happiness my new mantra.




Strength of character may be acquired at work, but beauty of character is learned at home.

Strength of character may be acquired at work, but beauty of character is learned at home.



I'm an extremely vulnerable person. Vulnerability and emotion are very closely linked.

I'm an extremely vulnerable person. Vulnerability and emotion are very closely linked.



We shall have made such a blaze that men will remember us on the other side or the dark.

We shall have made such a blaze that men will remember us on the other side or the dark.



By a divine instinct, men's minds mistrust ensuing danger; as, by proof, we see the waters swell before a boisterous storm.

By a divine instinct, men's minds mistrust ensuing danger; as, by proof, we see the waters swell before a boisterous storm.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "The way for newspapers to meet the competition of radio and television is simply to get out better papers.". Author of this quote is H. L. Mencken. This quote is about way, radio, paper, competition, newspapers, television, papers,.