If there is any way you can get colder than you do when you sleep in a bedding roll on the ground in a tent in southern Tunisia two hours before dawn, I don't know about it. A. J. Liebling bedcolddawn Change image and share on social
There is no concept more generally cherished by publishers than that of the Undeserving Poor. A. J. Liebling cherishconceptgenerally Change image and 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 badlybantamconsumer share on social
To the Parisians, and especially to the children, all Americans are now 'heros du cinema.' This is particularly disconcerting to sensitive war correspondents, if any, aware, as they are, that these innocent thanks belong to those American combat troops who won the beachhead and then made the breakthrough. There are few such men in Paris. A. J. Liebling americanawarebeachhead share on social
The way to write is well, and how is your own business. A. J. Liebling businesswrite Change image and share on social
Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one. A. J. Liebling freedomguaranteepress Change image and share on social
The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society is to make money. A. J. Liebling functioninformmake Change image and 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 boothardlong 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 adulterybalkanismconcept share on social
No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating pleasures. No ascetic can be considered reliably sane. A. J. Liebling affordasceticconsider Change image and share on social