Quotes: Attention, Listening, and the Events of the Day

"When information is cheap, attention becomes expensive." James Gleick

"Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, everything must be said again." André Gide

"In modern America, anyone who attempts to write satirically about the events of the day finds it difficult to concoct a situation so bizarre that it may not actually come to pass while the article is still on the presses." Calvin Trillin