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Abbott Joseph Liebling Quotes (A. J. Liebling Quotes)

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An Englishman teaching an American about food is like the blind leading the one-eyed.
- A. J. Liebling

Chicago seems a big city instead of merely a large place.
- A. J. Liebling

Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.
- A. J. Liebling

I can write better than anybody who can write faster, and I can write faster than anybody who can write better.
- A. J. Liebling

I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy.
- A. J. Liebling

If you just try long enough and hard enough, you can always manage to boot yourself in the posterior.
- A. J. Liebling

People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news.
- A. J. Liebling

The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society is to make money.
- A. J. Liebling

The way to write is well, and how is your own business.
- A. J. Liebling