David Frum Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“If you go on TV and say there's no other country in the world where you can be born poor and become rich, you get a huge megaphone. If you tell the truth, which is that most of the studies show actually the United States is worse than anybody except Britain in upward mobility, there is no audience for you.”

“Journalism can go right up to the door of the room in which the decisions are made. A novel can go inside the room - and inside the character's heads.”

“So if I have two pieces of cake, do I have twice as good an experience as the first piece of cake? One of the things I've found in life is that the first piece of cake is the best.”

“The great power the president has is that he is the most prominent person in the biggest media event on the planet. He has the attention of the nation and the world. When he speaks, everybody listens.”

“Think tanks do have points of view, and they are absolutely entitled to defend them.”

“My mother cared more about how you reasoned than about the conclusions you reached.”

“The thing that sustains a strong Fox network is the thing that undermines a strong Republican party.”

“A novel makes it possible to understand not just events, but the people who control the events; not only their choices, but also their motives.”

“A presidential speech is always the work of many hands.”

“America under 30 is a more non-whites place than America over 60. And we know that non-whites and whites vote differently.”