All new news is old news happening to new people

Malcolm Muggeridge
About This Quote

The news is almost always the same. It’s reported, and then forgotten about until the next time it is repeated. That’s why when something big happens, we tend to think it’s new. But when something small happens, we tend to think it’s old.

When you hear about the shooting in a school, you might think: “Oh, that was an old story. They were all murdered at a school. I remember that one.”

Some Similar Quotes
  1. When someone loves you, the way they talk about you is different. You feel safe and comfortable. - Jess C. Scott
  2. The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends. - Friedrich Nietzsche
  3. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection - Sharon Salzberg
  4. In youth, it was a way I had, To do my best to please. And change, with every passing lad To suit his theories. But now I know the things I know And do the things I do, And if you do not like me... - Dorothy Parker
  5. You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and... - Sharon Salzberg
More Quotes By Malcolm Muggeridge
  1. People think of faith as being something that you don't really believe, a device in helping you believe simply it. Of course that is quite wrong. As Pascal says, faith is a gift of God. It is different from the proof of it. <span style="margin:15px;...
  2. The orgasm has replaced the Cross as the focus of longing and the image of fulfillment.
  3. Christianity .. . sees the necessity for man to have spiritual values and it shows him how to get at those through physical sacraments.
  4. [Pascal] was the first and perhaps is still the most effective voice to be raised in warning of the consequences of the enthronement of the human ego in contradistinction to the cross, symbolizing the ego's immolation. How beautiful it all seemed at the time of...
  5. All new news is old news happening to new people
Related Topics