All Quotes by A. J. Liebling
“The pattern of a newspaperman's life is like the plot of 'Black Beauty.' Sometimes he finds a kind master who gives him a dry stall and an occasional bran mash in the form of a Christmas bonus, sometimes he falls into the hands of a mean owner who drives him in spite of spavins and expects him to live on potato peelings.”
“Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.”
“As a result of its generous stand [Robert Maynard Hutchins’ controversial policy of admitting students after their second year of high-school], the University of Chicago’s undergraduate college acts as the greatest magnet for neurotic juveniles since the Children’s Crusade, with Robert Maynard Hutchins…playing the role of Stephen the Shepherd Boy.”
“Inconsiderate to the last, Josef Stalin, a man who never had to meet a deadline, had the bad taste to die in installments.”
“The subject [of Stalin's death] permitted a rare blend of invective and speculation—both Hearst papers, as I recall, ran cartoons of Stalin being rebuffed at the gates of Heaven, where Hearst had no correspondents—and I have seldom enjoyed a week of newspaper reading more.”
“People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news.”
“Show me a poet, and I'll show you a shit.”
“Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.”
“You can hope for lucky encounters only if you walk around a lot.”
“A man´s taste is formed more by his culture, his profession, and the period in which he is young than by his race or politics.”