A. J. Liebling Quotes

My old friend looked at me with a new respect. He was discovering in me a capacity for hypocrisy that he had never credited me with before.

A. J. Liebling

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• Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.

  

  Barton Gellman
  • Food
  • Government
  • Water

• I don't really know why I care so much. I just have something inside me that tells me that there is a problem, and I have got to do something about it. I think that is what I would call the God in me.

  

  Wangari Maathai
  • God
  • Why
  • Problem

• I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but the living strength and majesty of the Commonwealth and Empire; of societies old and new; of lands and races different in history and origins but all, by God's Will, united in spirit and in aim.

  

  Queen Elizabeth II
  • God
  • Different
  • History

• Love to me, God, this is so difficult... To me, love is when you meet that person and you think, 'This is it, this is who I'm supposed to be with.'

  

  Kate Winslet
  • God
  • Love
  • Love Is

• We had a good time mucking about during 'Band of Brothers' when we were young and single.

  

  Damian Lewis
  • Time
  • Good
  • Single

• I wish I could sit back and say, 'Oh, I'm gonna wait for a Merchant-Ivory film to come my way. Or Ivory-Merchant. Whatever it's called. But you just take what's given and then, hopefully, down the road you can be more choosy and only do, say, Wayans brothers movies. That's my goal: to be more Merchant-Ivory-Wayans.

  

  Zach Galifianakis
  • Wish
  • Road
  • Goal

• I actually started playing in little cafes around New York, and I have a lot of good friends of mine who are musicians who are struggling in New York.

  

  Oscar Isaac
  • Good
  • Friends
  • Musicians

• I wonder now how tough you have to be to get big things done.

  

  Walter Isaacson
  • Done
  • Wonder
  • Tough

• Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • You
  • Enough
  • Possible

• Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it.

  

  Marc Almond Soft Cell
  • Think
  • Sometimes
  • Never

• Getting an idea for a book is not the problem, but you need 300 ideas - an idea a page.

  

  Barbara Mertz
  • Book
  • Problem
  • Ideas

• Teenagers did not have, before rock 'n' roll and rhythm-and-blues - they did not have any type of music they could call their own once they got over 4 or 5 years old until they were well into their 20's and considered adults.

  

  Sam Phillips
  • Music
  • Rock
  • Old

• Working on 'Girls' opened up a lot of opportunity for me. It's like a dream job. It's a dream.

  

  Adam Driver
  • Up
  • Job
  • Dream

• If I can help a kid feel more comfortable in their skin because they're struggling with maybe the things I struggled with in high school, that's great.

  

  Abby Wambach
  • Great
  • School
  • Help

• I don't think the Republicans care much about minorities.

  

  Fat Joe
  • Think
  • Care
  • Minorities

• Being a recognised face has its problems. I miss the freedom to go anywhere I want to.

  

  Nawazuddin Siddiqui
  • Want
  • Freedom
  • Problems

• The problem with most Hollywood movies is they don't give the director enough control.

  

  D. B. Sweeney
  • Control
  • Problem
  • Movies

• Paddy Considine is a great friend of mine, and he is a natural actor because he is an artist, and I'm not an artist. If I ever blow my own trumpet, it's as a craftsman.

  

  Eddie Marsan
  • Great
  • Friend
  • Artist

• I almost always start with setting! I have to know the world before I know how to populate it. I have a tendency to play with doors - between life and death, human and monster, mundane and magic - and with 'ADSOM,' I knew I wanted to play with the physical doors between worlds.

  

  V. E. Schwab
  • Life
  • World
  • Death

• I recently had double-bypass surgery. As they wheel you in, the doctor always gives you a last look. You know that look. That look of confidence to make you feel good. I always say to every doctor, If I don't make it, I'll never know it.

  

  Jack Roy
  • Good
  • Confidence
  • Doctor

• I have Czech, I have Russian, I have English, I have Italian. Uh, what am I missing? A little bit of Irish. The Russian is Jewish. So I'm your classic American mutt.

  

  Joe Lhota
  • American
  • English
  • Missing

• As far back as I can remember, I am one of those guys that works hard and plays harder. I have to have both.

  

  Bret Michael Sychak Poison
  • Remember
  • Guys
  • Plays

• I definitely have had fights with best friends. Some of them have led to me and said friend not being friends anymore, but it always turned out to be for the better. I think if you fight with someone, and you can just never reconcile, that just goes to show that maybe you shouldn't have been friends in the first place.

  

  Lili Reinhart
  • Friends
  • Friend

• My old friend looked at me with a new respect. He was discovering in me a capacity for hypocrisy that he had never credited me with before.

  

  A. J. Liebling
  • Respect
  • Friend
  • Capacity