Weather is a literary specialty, and no untrained hand can turn out a good article on it
Mark TwainRead
If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote highlights the paradox of information consumption, suggesting that both ignorance and excessive reliance on media can lead to misinformation.
Mark Twain's quote points to the difficulties that come with consuming news in any form. It implies that whether one chooses to ignore the news altogether or actively engages with it, there is a risk of being misled by the information presented, showcasing the complex nature of media and its influence on public understanding.
Themes
NewspaperUninformedMisinformedMediaInformation
In practice
Example use cases
During a discussion about the importance of cross-referencing news sources, this quote can serve as a reminder of the pitfalls of relying on a single source.
More from Mark Twain
All quotes βThe easy part of being an artist is figuring out the message that everyone else is ready to hear. The hard part is waiting for the proper lull to make the announcement.
Mark TwainRead
You can't reason with your heart; it has its own laws, and thumps about things which the intellect scorns.
Mark TwainRead
To be good is noble; but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble.
Mark TwainRead
Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident.
Mark TwainRead
In Paris they just simply opened their eyes and stared when we spoke to them in French! We never did succeed in making those idiots understand their own language.
Mark TwainRead
Similar quotes
Part of making any endeavour is that each one has its own special problems. It's the nature of the process.
Martin ScorseseRead
Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
Theodore RooseveltRead
Growing up on the plantation there in Mississippi, I would work Monday through Saturday noon. I'd go to town on Saturday afternoons, sit on the street corner, and I'd sing and play.
B. B. KingRead
If you wish to find, you must search. Rarely does a good idea interrupt you
Jim RohnRead
If we know anything about a path at all, it's only because of the Great ones that have gone before us. Out of their love and kindness, they have left some footprints for us to follow. So, in the same way that they wish for us, we wish that all beings everywhere, including ourselves, be safe, be happy, have good health, and enough to eat. And may we all live at ease of heart with whatever comes to us in life.
Krishna DasRead
All the business of war, and indeed all the business of life, is to endeavour to find out what you don't know by what you do; that's what I called 'guess what was at the other side of the hill'.
Duke Of WellingtonRead