In essence, I see the value of journalism as resting in a twofold mission: informing the public of accurate and vital information, and its unique ability to provide a truly adversarial check on those in power.
A key purpose of journalism is to provide an adversarial check on those who wield the greatest power by shining a light on what they do in the dark, and informing the public about those acts.
Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous.
You've got to think lucky. If you fall into a mudhole, check your back pocket - you might have caught a fish.
Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one's soul.
When I go to a restaurant and they say, 'We're fully booked,' I say, 'It's Roberto Cavalli,' and they say, 'I will check'. I love it!
When I use the Internet, it's pretty much strictly for music. Checking out other people's web sites, what's going on, listening to music. It's pretty much a musical thing for me.
To be honest, because there's loud music in my ears probably three hours a day, between sound check and the show, I listen to podcasts more than I listen to music on the road.
On Sundays, I like to plan how I want to exit the week and what are the key things I need to get done that week. I list them, and then I do check-ins on them each morning.
With Ice Cube they ain't no telling. He might have one cocked and loaded, ready to bust. We might do The Sunday, two old men sitting around the house waiting on the social security check.
I can still do clothing, movies, cartoons. I'mma get mine regardless. Whether I put an album out or not, I'm still gonna see a check.
[while powering up his black hawk for takeoff with other helicopters checking in over the radio] Durant: Fuckin' Irene!
Maxine: Tell me a little about yourself. Craig Schwartz: Well, I'm a puppeteer... Maxine: [turns to bartender] Check!
Amber Waves: Let me just check on something. [takes off Dirk's pants] Amber Waves: This is a giant cock.
Buck Laughlin: [as the judge checks the back end of Cookie's dog] She's examining the Norwich now!
Fact-checking doesn't exist primarily because some of us are liars and cheats. It exists because writers will be writers, much as they may mean to be historians.
Stones are checked every so often to see if any have split or at worst exploded. An explosion can leave debris in the elements so the firing has to be abandoned.
Check the history, more people died for freedom than love, people need freedom before they need love.
There is always a comma to check whether are we going to do the same mistake which we have done before?" But proble is that we never use this comma.
People still think of me as a cartoonist, but the only thing I lift a pen or pencil for these days is to sign a contract, a check, or an autograph.
If I were governor, and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.
