The night he got arrested, I walked into the courtroom in Queens and he pointed at me [and] said, ‘There’s Jimmy Breslin, my friend,’ ‘What was that? Shoot him,’ I said. Jimmy Breslin More Quotes by Jimmy Breslin More Quotes From Jimmy Breslin If a man, for private profit, tears at the public news, does so with the impatience of one who thinks he actually owns the news you get, it is against the national interest. Jimmy Breslin tearsmenthinking Don't trust a brilliant idea unless it survives the hangover. Jimmy Breslin hangoverdrinkingideas Rage is ... This is Breslin's full quote: Rage is the only quality which has kept me, or anybody I have ever studied, writing columns for newspapers Jimmy Breslin qualityragewriting Politics: where fat, bald, disagreeable men, unable to be candidates themselves, teach a president how to act on a public stage. Jimmy Breslin politicalpresidentmen All political power is primarily an illusion. Illusion. Mirrors and blue smoke, beautiful blue smoke rolling over the surface of highly polished mirrors, first a thin veil of blue smoke, then a thick cloud that suddenly dissolves into wisps of blue smoke, the mirrors catching it all, bouncing it back and forth. Jimmy Breslin mirrorscloudsbeautiful The office of president is a bastardized thing, half royalty and half democracy that nobody knows whether to genuflect or spit. Jimmy Breslin democracyofficepresident Journalism should be truthful and entertaining. You know, with news and important facts you can entertain people too. Have a little humor. Life isn't all that deadly all the time, but while you're having fun, tell the truth. If every word of a column is deadly serious, I can't read it. It makes me throw up. Jimmy Breslin importantfunpeople You see, the Mets are losers, just like nearly everybody else in life. This is the team for the cab driver who gets held up and the guy who loses out on a promotion because he didn't maneuver himself to lunch with the boss enough. It is the team for every guy who has to get out of bed in the morning and go to work for short money on a job he does not like. The Yankees? Who does well enough to root for them, Laurence Rockefeller? Jimmy Breslin baseballmorningjobs When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvelous personality that started you drinking in the first place. Jimmy Breslin drinkingbeerfood When you leave New York you ain't going anywhere. Jimmy Breslin new-york A job on a newspaper is a special thing. Every day you take something that you found out about, and you put it down and in a matter of hours it becomes a product. Not just a product like a can or something. It is a personal product that people, a lot of people, take the time to sit down and read. Jimmy Breslin specialjobspeople The test of a good idea is its ability to last through a hangover Jimmy Breslin hangovertestsideas That's the horrible thing starting out, you get distracted a lot because anything is easier than writing. It's just the same enemy - blank paper. Jimmy Breslin paperwritingenemy Anything that isn't writing is easy Jimmy Breslin easywriting True New Yorkers do not really seek information about the outside world. They feel that if anything is not in New York it is not likely to be interesting. Jimmy Breslin new-yorkworldinteresting The first funeral for Andrew Goodman was at night and it was a lot of work. To begin with they had to kill him. Jimmy Breslin funeralnightfirsts Media, the plural of mediocrity. Jimmy Breslin mediocritymediafun Marvelous Marv was holding down first base. This is like saying Willie Sutton works at your bank. Jimmy Breslin marvelousfirsts Complainant received immediate lacerations of the credibility. Jimmy Breslin credibility What you want to do is not go to work. You're not missing a thing. The worst thing I did was start work young. Jimmy Breslin missingwantwork
