A. J. Liebling

Quotes

• Which one of these four quotes is attributed to A. J. Liebling?

  • → People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news.
  • → Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.
  • → Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.
  • → The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.
  
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• Pick the quote attributed to A. J. Liebling.

  • → You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.
  • → Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.
  • → Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.
  • → I don’t want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their job.
  
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• Select the quotation attributed to A. J. Liebling.

  • → There are really no dull subjects, only dull writers.
  • → I can write faster than anyone who can write better, and I can write better than anyone who can write faster.
  • → Never above you. Never below you. Always beside you.
  • → Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.
  
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