Art Hoppe
1924 - 2000
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Quotes
Biography
Art Hoppe was an American journalist and humor columnist best known for his work in the San Francisco Chronicle. He started his career in journalism as a copyboy before eventually becoming a columnist. Hoppe's witty and satirical writing style made him a beloved figure, and he received numerous awards for his work, including the Ernie Pyle Award for human interest reporting. He tackled various social and political issues in his columns, using humor to shed light on important topics.
Famous Quotes (5)
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The sooner politicians get back to Shakespeare, and stop treating politics and economics as if they were the moral equivalent of shopping, the sooner we will begin to get back on course.
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My shortest column? Just two words: 'Nixon Resigns.' My longest column? Ballpoint pen ran out of ink.
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Everybody is smarter than anybody, even if some people sometimes act really dumb.
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News is like food: it's only useful when it can be digested.
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San Francisco is where you go in case of an emergency. Nobody in San Francisco is in the least interested in taking care of things if they're not really, really serious.