Walter Winchell Quotes
Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.
Peter, Laurence J. Peter's Quotations: Ideas for Our Time. Bantam Books, 1979, p. 142.
Walter Winchell was a syndicated American newspaper gossip columnist and radio news commentator. Originally a vaudeville performer, Winchell began his newspaper career as a Broadway reporter, critic and columnist for New York tabloids. He rose to national celebrity in the 1930s with Hearst newspaper chain syndication and a popular radio program. He was known for an innovative style of gossipy staccato news briefs, jokes and Jazz Age slang. Biographer Neal Gabler credited his popularity and influence meant βHe turned journalism into a form of entertainment.β