John Gunther

“All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast.”

“What is life? It departs covertly. Like a thief Death took him.”

“What interested me was not news, but appraisal. What I sought was to grasp the flavor of a man, his texture, his impact, what he stood for, what he believed in, what made him what he was and...”

“It's the equivalent of putting on the brakes suddenly while driving uphill.”

“The last copy of the Chicago Daily News I picked up had three crime stories on its front page. But by comparison to the gaudy days, this is small-time stuff. Chicago is as full of crooks as...”

“There are no generalizations in American politics that vested selfishness cannot cut through.”

“One travels like a golf ball, hopping from green to green.”

“Ours is the only country deliberately founded on a good idea.”