A city with one newspaper, or with a morning and an evening paper under one ownership, is like a man with one eye, and often the eye is glass. A. J. Liebling cityeveneye Change image and share on social
If the first requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite, the second is to put in your apprenticeship as a feeder when you have enough money to pay the check but not enough to produce indifference of the total. A. J. Liebling appetiteapprenticeshipcheck share on social
I can write better than anybody who can write faster, and I can write faster than anybody who can write better. A. J. Liebling fastwrite Change image and share on social
Chicago seems a big city instead of merely a large place. A. J. Liebling bigchicagocity Change image and share on social
The world isn't going backward, if you can just stay young enough to remember what it was really like when you were really young. A. J. Liebling backwardrememberstay Change image and share on social
I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy. A. J. Liebling beddemocracygrave Change image and share on social
People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news. A. J. Liebling confusenewsnewspaper Change image and share on social
A Louisiana politician can't afford to let his animosities carry him away, and still less his principles, although there is seldom difficulty in that department. A. J. Liebling affordanimositycarry Change image and share on social
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. A. J. Liebling beautyblackbonus share on social
The science of booby-trapping has taken a good deal of the fun out of following hot on the enemy's heels. A. J. Liebling boobydealenemy Change image and share on social