No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating pleasures. No ascetic can be considered reliably sane. A. J. Liebling ascetic consider debilitate Change image and share on social
Chicago seems a big city instead of merely a large place. A. J. Liebling place city large Change image and 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 hot fun trap 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 food put produce share on social
An Englishman teaching an American about food is like the blind leading the one-eyed. A. J. Liebling teach american lead Change image and share on social
It is impossible for me to estimate how many of my early impressions of the world, correct and the opposite, came to me through newspapers. Homicide, adultery, no-hit pitching, and Balkanism were concepts that, left to my own devices, I would have encountered much later in life. A. J. Liebling leave hit impression 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 hand beauty bonus share on social
Southern political personalities, like sweet corn, travel badly. They lose flavor with every hundred yards away from the patch. By the time they reach New York, they are like Golden Bantam that has been trucked up from Texas - stale and unprofitable. The consumer forgets that the corn tastes different where it grows. A. J. Liebling bantam corn travel share on social
If you just try long enough and hard enough, you can always manage to boot yourself in the posterior. A. J. Liebling hard boot posterior Change image and 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 write fast Change image and share on social