Daily Inspiration Quote by Willard Scott

“It was a big story and yesterday’s soup. Who cares?” is Willard Scott doing what he did best: puncturing the self-seriousness of the day with a homespun pin. The line works because it’s built like a joke you can taste. “Big story” is the swollen language of newsrooms and talking heads; “yesterday’s soup” is the cafeteria reality check. He drags “importance” out of the abstract and drops it in the fridge, where it congeals.

Scott’s entertainer instincts are all over the timing. The first clause grants the premise: sure, it mattered. The second clause flips it: it’s already stale. Then the kicker, “Who cares?” isn’t curiosity; it’s permission. Permission to stop pretending you’re morally required to keep reacting. In a media culture that treats attention like civic duty, that’s a small act of rebellion.

The subtext is less anti-news than anti-hysteria. Scott came up in an era when broadcast personalities were translators between institutional authority and ordinary life. His weatherman warmth and parade-host geniality were basically a contract: I’ll keep you company, but I won’t inflame you. This quote fits that role. It’s a reminder that the news cycle’s main trick is turning urgency into a habit, then selling you the cure in the next segment.

Context matters: from tabloid scandal to cable churn, “big stories” are manufactured to expire quickly. Scott’s line exposes that expiry date, and laughs at anyone still eating it.