/r/mediaquotes
Submit the most outrageous, bizzare and funny quotes you have read or heard in the media today.
Please post the full quote in the title along with the origin. Preferably with the link to the article or video.
Try not to post only a quote description or just the origin of the quote.
Good example: "I hope Putin has taken adequate protections. Now that he is a Russian journalist his life may be in grave danger!" - Garry Kasparov (thedailybeast.com)
Submit the most outrageous, bizarre and funny quotes you have read or heard in the media today.
Please submit the full quote in the title along with the person's name, title (if she is not generally known) and what the quote refers to.
Submit is as a link to the article or video.
It can be bizarre, insightful, funny, outrageous or simply too true not to be worth mentioning.
Try not to post only a quote description or just the origin of the quote.
Good example: "I hope Putin has taken adequate protections. Now that he is a Russian journalist his life may be in grave danger!" - Garry Kasparov, on Vladimir Putin's column in The New York Times (thedailybeast.com)
News subreddit siblings:
/r/UnderReportedNews - very interesting news stories that didn't make it to the evening news
/r/ForgottenNews - more news that we should talk about
/r/savedyouaclick - clickbait combatants
/r/worldnews - just what it says
/r/news - Muricaaah
r/inthenews - opinion, analysis, discussion
/r/mediaquotes
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Propagating Totalitarianism
If sharp criticism disappears altogether, mild criticism will become harsher. If even mild criticism is not allowed, silence will be considered ulterior motives. If silence is no longer allowed, insufficient praise will be a crime. If only one voice is allowed to exist, then the only voice that exists is a lie.
16:10 UTC
Happy Cakeday, r/mediaquotes! Today you're 9
Let's look back at some memorable moments and interesting insights from last year.
Your top 10 posts:
- "“The decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq. I mean of Ukraine.” — George W. Bush, on launching unjustified and brutal invasions" by u/n3uplas
- "“I live in a 30 thousand square foot house by myself. You don’t think I know I messed up?” —Shaquille O’Neal" by u/n3uplas
- ""Ugh. I had been hoping Iger would run for President." -- Reed Hasting, CEO of Netflix, on Bob Iger's return to the helm of Disney." by u/n3uplas
- "“If I was spoiled by one, the other wanted to match it.” -- Elizabeth Olsen, on growing up with two older twin sisters" by u/n3uplas
- ""We're stronger than we think." -- An amputee runner, on completing 104 marathons in 104 days" by u/n3uplas
- "“Your music sucked in 2019.’’ --Elton John to Charlie Puth" by u/n3uplas
- ""You can guess which body part was a little bit frozen when I finished." — A Finnish cross-country skier, on frozen body parts in an Olympic race." by u/n3uplas
- "“This is a very rare incident which can occur on any aircraft from time to time.” — An airline official after a snake forced a plane to re-route #snakesonaplane" by u/n3uplas
- "Happy Cakeday, r/mediaquotes! Today you're 8" by u/AutoModerator
- ""Some tequila." -- Pope Francis, on what he needs for his knee pain" by u/n3uplas
11:36 UTC
"Ugh. I had been hoping Iger would run for President." -- Reed Hasting, CEO of Netflix, on Bob Iger's return to the helm of Disney.
07:01 UTC
Pleasure In The Job Puts Perfection In The Work
04:15 UTC
“The decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq. I mean of Ukraine.” — George W. Bush, on launching unjustified and brutal invasions
18:03 UTC
“I live in a 30 thousand square foot house by myself. You don’t think I know I messed up?” —Shaquille O’Neal
10:11 UTC
Happy Cakeday, r/mediaquotes! Today you're 8
Let's look back at some memorable moments and interesting insights from last year.
Your top 4 posts:
- "“Our history has been a constant struggle between the American ideal that we are all created equal, and the harsh, ugly reality that racism, nativism, fear, demonization have long torn us apart." - Joe Biden, PotUS" by u/n3uplas
- ""It turns out actually to be a good thing and not only a fun thing" – Bernie Sanders, on turning a viral meme into charity." by u/n3uplas
- "Happy Cakeday, r/mediaquotes! Today you're 7" by u/AutoModerator
- ""Anything but Anne." -- Anne Hathaway, on what she wants people to call her" by u/n3uplas
11:36 UTC
"My kids are older now. They kinda upset with me. Not really upset, but they don't understand. I tell them all the time. We ain't rich. I'm rich.” -- Shaquille O'Neal, on on motivating his children to be hardworking
06:21 UTC
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