Writing Boots

On communication, professional and otherwise.

The Quotable Murr

11.01.2011 by David Murray // Leave a Comment

Whereas Spiro Agnew criticised "the nattering nabobs of negativism," I prefer to pillory the prattling pipsqueaks of positivism.

Categories // The Quotable Murr

The Quotable Murr

09.22.2011 by David Murray // 1 Comment

Once the Philadelphia Phillies first baseman John Kruk was sitting at a sidewalk beer garden drinking beer and smoking a cigarette in all of his Ruthian obesity.

"And you call yourself an athlete!" sniffed a woman passing by.

"Lady, I'm not an athlete," Kruk came back, "I'm a baseball player."

In a similar mood, it occured to me the other day as I cursed the limitations of my own intellect:

I'm not a thinker, Goddamnit. I'm a writer.

Categories // The Quotable Murr

The Quotable Murr …

08.18.2011 by David Murray // Leave a Comment

"If you were me, you'd be dead by now." —David Murray*

* Which calls to mind a remark by my old friend Ralph Gaillard, who said in a moment of workplace dismay: "If I was dead, right now I'd be spinning in my grave."

Categories // The Quotable Murr

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • …
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • Next Page »

Now Available

An Effort to Understand

Order Now

SIGN UP TO RECEIVE BLOG UPDATES

About

David Murray writes on communication issues.
Read More

 

Categories

  • Baby Boots
  • Communication Philosophy
  • Efforts to Understand
  • Happy Men, and Other Eccentrics
  • Human Politicians
  • Mister Boring
  • Murray Cycle Diaries
  • Old Boots
  • Rambling, At Home and Abroad
  • Sports Stories
  • The Quotable Murr
  • Typewriter Truths
  • Uncategorized
  • Weird Scenes Inside the Archives

Archives

Copyright © 2023 · Log in

  • Preorder An Effort to Understand
  • Sign Up for Blog Updates
  • About David Murray