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 More Quotes by Jimmy Breslin More Quotes From Jimmy Breslin Men in the uniform of Wall Street retirement: black Chesterfield coat, rimless glasses and the Times folded to the obituary page. Jimmy Breslin wall glasses retirement Baseball isn't statistics, it's Joe DiMaggio rounding second base. Jimmy Breslin statistics baseball The number one rule of thieves is that nothing is too small to steal. Jimmy Breslin thieves stealing numbers Don't call me a journalist; I hate the word. It's pretentious! Jimmy Breslin pretentious call-me hate The other feature is a gymnasium named after another dead politician who was gifted with fast and extremely sure hands. Jimmy Breslin gymnasiums politician hands If you gather a lot of stuff, then you write it, write in scenes with dialogue. Somewhere in the middle, rising from all this research like strong metal towers, is your opinions. Jimmy Breslin strong research writing Designed by architects with honorable intentions but hands of palsy. Jimmy Breslin intention architecture hands Journalism schools are good to get a job, but I don't know what else they are good for. I don't like the word "journalism" to begin with. It's news reporting, and that consists of using your two feet. The only lesson, then, that you could give people is how to climb stairs, because there are no stories on the first floor. Jimmy Breslin giving people school Newspapers are so boring. How can you read a newspaper that starts with a 51-word lead sentence? Jimmy Breslin sentences newspapers boring Precious was one of a large number of people on the street, many of whom appeared to be women; some, like Precious, actually were. Jimmy Breslin streets numbers people Those of Manhattan are the brokers on Wall Street and they talk of people who went to the same colleges; those from Queens are margin clerks in the back offices and they speak of friends who live in the same neighborhood. Jimmy Breslin wall queens college I'm on my high school football team and MUST show how much I know. Jimmy Breslin team football school The auditorium, named after a dead Queens politician is windowless in honor of the secrecy in which he lived and, probably, the bank vaults he frequented. Jimmy Breslin vaults queens honor The professional arsonist builds vacant lots for money. Jimmy Breslin arsonists counterfeit-money vacant Out in the ocean, a rope is put around the man's neck. The other end of the rope is attached to an old jukebox and it is thrown overboard. The man invariably follows. Jimmy Breslin jukebox ocean men I became a copy boy. Not for long. I started writing stories. Jimmy Breslin writing boys long I think it would be very good if writers and artists take a stand in electoral politics. They've got the ability to put words together that might reach the ears of the people of the city who vote. Jimmy Breslin artist people thinking Governments mostly don't do much. And you've also got to understand the level of incompetence out there. Nobody knows what they're doing. They just pose and act as if they know and walk through life and get away with it. Jimmy Breslin nobody-knows get-away incompetence I always react to news immediately. That's my business. Jimmy Breslin news Go around with your eyes like a camera. Don't lose it by talking. Go and listen. And work! Jimmy Breslin eye
