It's the equivalent of putting on the brakes suddenly while driving uphill.
– John Gunther
One travels like a golf ball, hopping from green to green.
– John Gunther
The last copy of the Chicago Daily News I picked up had three crime stories on its front page. But by comparison to the gaudy days, this is small-time stuff. Chicago is as full of crooks as a saw with teeth, but the era when they ruled the city is gone forever.
– John Gunther
What interested me was not news, but appraisal. What I sought was to grasp the flavor of a man, his texture, his impact, what he stood for, what he believed in, what made him what he was and what color he gave to the fabric of his time.
– John Gunther
Count Hermann Keyserling once said truly that the greatest American superstition was belief in facts.