A. J. Liebling Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 18, 1904 - December 28, 1963

Topics

MorningManCityEyeEveningGlass

The idea that people in novels should be more sympathetic than people in life simply baffles me.

Andrew O'Hagan

LifePeopleMeMoreIdeaThan

I'm going to take the kids away over Christmas but I don't, I've written 14 musicals now, I don't want to rush into doing something just for the sake of doing it. I want to do it when I find a story.

Andrew Lloyd Webber

StoryDoingFindNowWantChristmas

Staying more controlled mentally stemmed from taking my fitness more seriously. When you're doing track work, sprints and so on, it's pretty painful, but that does make you feel better prepared and therefore mentally stronger when you're going into a match. You know, without a doubt, that you are strong enough to last.

Andy Murray

WorkFitnessStrongBetterDoing

You've just got to have to put the work in. Put work first. Put the hours in and the time in, and do your job. And when you get a little time off, you can go out and have a little fun. But you have to make sure you get done what you need to get done first off.

Rob Gronkowski

WorkTimeJobFunYouDone

Drama's not safe and it's not pretty and it's not kind. People expect the basic template of television drama where there might be naughty villains, but everyone ends up having a nice cup of tea. You've got to do big moral choices and show the terrible things people do in terrible situations. Drama is failing if it doesn't do that.

Russell T Davies

TeaPeopleChoicesYouTelevision

We have to rethink the way we light our cities. We have to think again about light as a default solution. Why are all these motorways permanently lit? Is it really needed? Can we maybe be much more selective and create better environments that also benefit from darkness? Can we be more gentle with light?

Rogier van der Heide

LightDarknessThinkBetterSolution

My trade and art is to live.

Michel de Montaigne

LifeLiveArtTrade

Because we believe ourselves to be better parents than our parents, we expect to produce better children than they produced.

Judith Viorst

ChildrenParentsBelieveBetterThan

I don't bash my company. I don't bash my opponents. I don't miss weight.

Demetrious Johnson

CompanyMissWeightBashOpponents

Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.

Demosthenes

FreeNeverSafeCloseStates

I wouldn't take it as a compliment if someone looked at one of my shoes and said, 'Oh, that looks like a comfortable shoe.' There is a heel that is too high to walk in, certainly. But who cares? You don't have to walk in high heels.

Christian Louboutin

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'Superstar' Billy Graham was someone that my dad taught from A to Z, from tying up to submission wrestling. Billy was more of a showman than a wrestler. My dad used to love tying Billy in knots, and Iron Sheik would be watching.

Bret Hart

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