Art Buchwald Quotes

• This is not an easy time for humorists because the government is far funnier than we are.

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• Whether it’s the best of times or the worst of times, it’s the only time we’ve got.

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• The powder is mixed with water and tastes exactly like powder mixed with water.

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  The buffalo isn’t as dangerous as everyone makes him out to be. Statistics prove that in the United States more Americans are killed in automobile accidents than are killed by buffalo.

   

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• Television has a real problem. They have no page two.

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• Tax reform is taking the taxes off things that have been taxed in the past and putting taxes on things that haven’t been taxed before.

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• So far things are going my way. I am known in the hospice as The Man Who Wouldn’t Die. I don’t know if this is true or not, but I think some people, not many, are starting to wonder why I’m still around.

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• If you attack the establishment long enough and hard enough, they will make you a member of it.

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• I worship the quicksand he walks in.

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• I always wanted to get into politics, but I was never light enough to make the team.

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• Have you ever seen a candidate talking to a rich person on television?

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• Every time you think television has hit its lowest ebb, a new program comes along to make you wonder where you thought the ebb was.

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• A bad liver is to a Frenchman what a nervous breakdown is to an American. Everyone has had one and everyone wants to talk about it.

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• You can’t make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you’re doing is recording it.

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• This is a wonderful way to celebrate an 80th birthday… I wanted to be 65 again, but they wouldn’t let me – Homeland Security.

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• We seem to be going through a period of nostalgia, and everyone seems to think yesterday was better than today. I don’t think it was, and I would advise you not to wait ten years before admitting today was great. If you’re hung up on nostalgia, pretend today is yesterday and just go out and have one hell of a time.

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Art Buchwald (16)

Birth:	20th October, 1925
Death:	17th January, 2007
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Humorist, Journalist, Writer

About

Art Buchwald  was an American humorist best known for his long-running column in The Washington Post, which in turn was carried as a syndicated column in many other newspapers. His column focused on political satire and commentary. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Outstanding Commentary in 1982 and in 1986 was elected to the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. The university permitted him to continue his studies after learning he had not graduated high school, but deemed him ineligible for a degree; he received an honorary doctorate from the school in 1993. His column appeared in more than 550 newspapers at its height, and he published more than 30 books in his lifetime.

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