A J Liebling Famous Quotes



"The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society is to make money."

I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy.

People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news.

"I can write better than anybody who can write faster, and I can write faster than anybody who can write better."

Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one.


A J Liebling Quotations






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"Quantum mechanics is certainly imposing. But an inner voice tells me that it is not yet the real thing. The theory says a lot, but does not really bring us closer to the secret of the 'Old One.' I, at any rate, am convinced that He is not playing at dice."
Albert Einstein

"The universe is a big place, perhaps the biggest."
Kilgore Trout

One is very crazy when in love.
Sigmund Freud

My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.
Jean Rostand

"Weird, isn't it Somehow in the dead of winter when its 40 below, so cold your words just freeze in the air, you think you'll never hear a robin's song again or see a blossom on a cherry tree, when one day you wake up and bingo, light coming through the mini blinds is softened with a tick of rose and the cold morning air has lost its bite. It's spring once again, the streets are paved with mud and the hills are alive with the sound of mosquitos."
Andrew Schneider

Be not astonished at new ideas for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many.
Spinoza

"Many could forgo heavy meals, a full wardrobe, a fine house, et cetera it is the ego they cannot forgo."
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

"Now, I say to you today my friends, even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed - 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.'"
Martin Luther King Jr

Family isn't about whose blood you have. It's about who you care about.
Trey and Matt Stone Parker

We're all in this alone.
Lily Tomlin