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A. J. Liebling quotes

American Journalist October 18, 1904 – December 28, 1963

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What a madly gay little wine, my dear!" M. Cliquot said, repressing, but not soon enough, a grimace of pain. "One would say a Tavel of a good year," I cried, "if one were a complete bloody fool." I did not say the second clause aloud.My old friend looked at me with a new respect. He was discovering in me a capacity for hypocrisy that he had never credited me with before. A. J. Liebling
Last week, I had to offer my publisher a bottle that was far too good for him, simply because there was nothing between the insulting and the superlative. A. J. Liebling
A. J. Liebling quote: "The way to write is well, and how is your own business."
The way to write is well, and how is your own business. A. J. Liebling
A. J. Liebling quote: "The only way to write is well and how you do it is your own..."
The only way to write is well and how you do it is your own damn business. A. J. Liebling
A. J. Liebling quote: "People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news."
People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news. A. J. Liebling
A. J. Liebling quote: "An Englishman teaching an American about food is like the..."
An Englishman teaching an American about food is like the blind leading the one-eyed. A. J. Liebling
A. J. Liebling quote: "The function of the press in society is to inform, but its..."
The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society is to make money. A. J. Liebling
A. J. Liebling quote: "Freedom of the press belongs to the man who owns one."
Freedom of the press belongs to the man who owns one. A. J. Liebling
A. J. Liebling quote: "Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one."
Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one. A. J. Liebling
A. J. Liebling quote: "Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one."
Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one. A. J. Liebling
A. J. Liebling quote: "I can write better than anybody who can write faster, and I..."
I can write better than anybody who can write faster, and I can write faster than anybody who can write better. A. J. Liebling
A. J. Liebling quote: "If you just try long enough and hard enough, you can always..."
If you just try long enough and hard enough, you can always manage to boot yourself in the posterior. A. J. Liebling
A. J. Liebling quote: "I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under..."
I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy. A. J. Liebling
A. J. Liebling quote: " in the youth of middle age--square-shouldered, stocky,..."
... in the youth of middle age--square-shouldered, stocky, decisive, blatantly virile-- ... A. J. Liebling
A. J. Liebling quote: "Chicago seems a big city instead of merely a large place."
Chicago seems a big city instead of merely a large place. A. J. Liebling

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