Original: «It seems to be a law of American life that whatever enriches us anywhere except in the wallet inevitably becomes uneconomic.»
Fuente: Dehgan, Bahman. America in Quotations. Edición ilustrada. Editorial McFarland, 2003. ISBN 9780786415861. p. 199.
Fuente: Carta al editor [sin título], The New York Times del 24 de marzo de 1968.
Frases célebres de Russell Baker
Original: «People seem to enjoy things more when they know a lot of other people have been left out of the pleasure.»
Fuente: Tibballs, Geoff. The Mammoth Book of Comic Quotes. Editorial Hachette UK, 2012. ISBN 9781780337227.
Fuente: The Sport of Counting Each Other Out, The New York Times del 2 de noviembre de 1967.
Original: «The cruel law of life is that a solved problem creates two new problems, and the best prescription for happy living is not to solve any more problems than you have to.»
Fuente: Baker, Russell. All Things Considered. Editorial Lippincott, 1965. p. 155.
Fuente: The Big Problem Binge, The New York Times del 18 de marzo de 1965.
“En Estados Unidos, es el deporte lo que es el opio de las masas.”
Original: «In America, it is sport that is the opiate of the masses.»
Fuente: Dehgan, Bahman. America in Quotations. Edición ilustrada. Editorial McFarland, 2003. ISBN 9780786415861. p. 82.
Fuente: The Muscular Opiate, The New York Times del 10 de marzo de 1967.
Russell Baker: Frases en inglés
"Getting on with It" (p.103)
There's a Country in My Cellar (1990)
“In America nothing dies easier than tradition.”
"A Little Bones Trouble," The New York Times (1991-05-14)
"Inside the Suit, a Man!," The New York Times (1986-11-05)
"Introduction to 'We're Losing Contact, Captain'" (p.353)
There's a Country in My Cellar (1990)
"Talking Clothes" (p.109)
So This Is Depravity (1980)
"Spaced In" (p.120)
So This Is Depravity (1980)
"All Right, Jerry, Drop the Cookbook" (p.47)
So This Is Depravity (1980)
"Come Back, Dizzy" (p.187)
So This Is Depravity (1980)
"So This Is Depravity" (p.25)
So This Is Depravity (1980)
"Lost Labor Love" (p.170)
So This Is Depravity (1980)
"Small Kicks in Superland" (p.56)
So This Is Depravity (1980)
"The Face Game" (p.215)
So This Is Depravity (1980)
"Introduction" (p.14)
There's a Country in My Cellar (1990)
"Lost Labor Love" (p.172)
So This Is Depravity (1980)
"The Fact About Progress," The New York Times (1970-02-24)
“In America, it is sport that is the opiate of the masses.”
"The Muscular Opiate," The New York Times (1967-10-03)
"Role Models" (p.202)
So This Is Depravity (1980)
"The Can't-Do Guys" (p.47)
So This Is Depravity (1980)
"The Sport of Counting Each Other Out" The New York Times (1967-11-02)
"Moods of Washington" (p.38)
So This Is Depravity (1980)
"The President's Plumbing" (p.19)
So This Is Depravity (1980)
"The Becoming Looseness of Doom" (p.79)
There's a Country in My Cellar (1990)
"Golden Oldies" (p.293)
So This Is Depravity (1980)
"American Fat" (p.46)
So This Is Depravity (1980)
"'Star Wars' Mania" (p.346)
There's a Country in My Cellar (1990)
"The Aged, Shopping" (p.96)
So This Is Depravity (1980)
"Back to the Dump" (p.414)
There's a Country in My Cellar (1990)
"Cultivated Killing" (p.33)
So This Is Depravity (1980)
"Cheesy" (p.231)
So This Is Depravity (1980)
"The Big Problem Binge," The New York Times (1965-03-18)