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A. J. Liebling Quotes

1904–1963 United States

Abbott Joseph "Joe" Liebling (born October 18, 1904, in New York City; died December 28, 1963) was an American journalist who was closely associated with The New Yorker from 1935 until his death. Best known as a press critic, Liebling wrote the magazine's "Wayward Press" feature from 1945 on.

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Also known as: Liebling, A. J., A.J. Liebling

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Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.

People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news.

Inconsiderate to the last, Josef Stalin, a man who never had to meet a deadline, had the bad taste to die in installments.

A man´s taste is formed more by his culture, his profession, and the period in which he is young than by his race or politics.

The Road Back to Paris (1988)

You can hope for lucky encounters only if you walk around a lot.

The Road Back to Paris (1988)

Show me a poet, and I'll show you a shit.

The subject [of Stalin's death] permitted a rare blend of invective and speculation—both Hearst papers, as I recall, ran cartoons of Stalin being rebuffed at the gates of Heaven, where Hearst had no correspondents—and I have seldom enjoyed a week of newspaper reading more.

Just Enough Liebling: Classic Work by the Legendary New Yorker Writer (2004)

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