5 Quotes & Sayings By Hugh Sidey

Hugh Sidey is a journalist who has worked for LIFE, TIME, and National Public Radio. In his career he has traveled to more than two hundred countries on six continents. He has been the recipient of more than one hundred awards from organizations such as the Overseas Press Club and the Society of Professional Journalists. He is a member of Mensa, and in 1985 was inducted into its International President's Club for lifetime achievement in journalism Read more

He lives in Washington, D.C., and is the father of three sons.

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Bureaucrats are the only people in the world who can say absolutely nothing and mean it. Hugh Sidey
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A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life. Hugh Sidey
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The prime minister found something hopeful in the man's eyes and manner. The 30 or so people who run this world analyze one another that way and then make decisions of life and death for us. Scary, but true. Hugh Sidey
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They can see the brave silhouette from almost anywhere in the District of Columbia and use it as a compass to locate other monuments and eventually to find their way out of the great, gray federal wilderness. Hugh Sidey