Al Neuharth Quotations

Eat only when you are hungry. Drink only when you're thirsty. Sleep only when you're tired. Screw only when you're horny.

When big-time blunders occur in any workplace, the boss or bosses usually are at fault, not clerks or secretaries or salespeople. Not reporters, the buck stops with the boss.

Only cream and SOBs rise to the top.

Be as nice as possible and as nasty as necessary.

When the voices of democracy are silenced, freedom becomes a hollow concept. No man or woman should be sentenced to the shadows of silence for something he or she has said or written.

USA TODAY hopes to serve as a forum for better understanding and unity to help make the USA truly one nation.

Everyone should fail in a big way at least once before reaching forty.

Never hesitate to steal a good idea.

I quit being afraid when my first venture failed and the sky didn't fall down.

Don't just learn something from every experience, learn something positive.

The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective.

He was a very smart, key young person who helped us get production to work in all parts of the country.

I think he will bring a wonderful perspective.

I'm no advertising genius. I found that if you deliver news and information to the consumer, or the reader, then the advertisers will follow to reach those readers.