meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Armstrong & Getty One More Thing

Praised But Not Read

Armstrong & Getty One More Thing

Armstrong & Getty

News

2.4771 Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2021

⏱️ 12 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Jack & Joe ponder the question--do you read?

Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

It was old Mark Twain who said,

0:02.2

A classic is a book which people praise, but don't read.

0:05.4

It's one more thing.

0:07.4

Armstrong and Getty.

0:08.6

One more thing.

0:12.6

So earlier in the show, Joe is doing Mark Twain quotes,

0:17.4

because that's one of our segments.

0:19.0

It's another Mark Twain quote

0:20.9

Tuesday.

0:23.1

Not really.

0:24.3

Well, whatever.

0:25.2

Joe read a Mark Twain quote.

0:26.3

What was the quote?

0:27.8

The person who read, I'm sorry, the person who does not read has no advantage over the person who cannot read.

0:34.7

Which is kind of interesting.

0:36.2

And I brought up the idea of I don't have a sense of how many people actually are into reading.

0:46.2

I know people personally who read constantly, like I do.

0:51.2

I've always got several books going at the same time.

0:58.3

And I just, I'm compelled to do it.

1:02.4

I can't, I can't not do it. It's just, I don't, for whatever reason.

1:09.6

I may be the nation's leading purchaser of books I have never read. Seriously, I might lead the nation in that. Might be 50, might be 100, might be

1:12.9

500. I don't even know. But you're a paperbook guy, right? You won't read. Yeah. Most. Well, no, I, no, I got

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Armstrong & Getty, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Armstrong & Getty and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.