16 Jimmy Breslin Quotes for You to Enjoy

Jimmy Breslin

American Entertainer

Born: Oct 17, 1930

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The number one rule of thieves is that nothing is too small to steal. Jimmy Breslin

Nothing Thieves Too Rule Small Steal Number

Trump, in the crinkling of an eye, senses better than anyone the insecurity of people, that nobody knows whether anything is good or bad until they are told, and he is quite willing to tell them immediately. Jimmy Breslin

As far as getting publicity whenever he wants it, Trump is the white Al Sharpton. Jimmy Breslin

White He Trump Getting Whenever As Far As Wants Far Al Publicity

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

News You Man Tears National Profit Impatience He Does Private National Interest Get Owns Interest Against Public Who Actually Thinks

The trouble with Trump's father was that he was a totally naive man. He had no idea that you could buy the whole news reporting business in New York City with a return phone call. Jimmy Breslin

Buy News You Man Business Phone Father Trouble Phone Call City No Idea Totally Could Had He Idea Naive New Call Return Trump York Reporting New York New York City Whole

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

People Speak Live Back Those Neighborhood Broker Colleges Talk Queens Friends Wall Wall Street Offices Same Manhattan Who Street Margin

Media, the plural of mediocrity. Jimmy Breslin

Mediocrity Media

The professional arsonist builds vacant lots for money. Jimmy Breslin

Money Builds Arsonist Lots Professional Vacant

I became a copy boy. Not for long. I started writing stories. Jimmy Breslin

Writing Long Became Boy Stories Started Copy

Newspapers are so boring. How can you read a newspaper that starts with a 51-word lead sentence? Jimmy Breslin

You Starts Boring Lead Read How Newspaper Sentence Newspapers

Don't try to tell Namath's people on First Avenue about Babe Ruth, because they don't even know the name. In fact, with the young, you can forget all of baseball. The sport is gone. But if you ever have seen Ruth, and then you see Namath, you know there is very little difference. Jimmy Breslin

You People Try Seen First Young Gone Avenue Tell See About Ruth Fact Name Know Sport Because Very Forget Difference In Fact Little Then Even Baseball Ever Babe Babe Ruth

Don't call me a journalist; I hate the word. It's pretentious! Jimmy Breslin

Me Hate Word Pretentious Journalist Call

Donald Trump handles these nitwit reporters with a new and most disgraceful form of bribery. Jimmy Breslin

New Most Trump Donald Reporters Donald Trump Disgraceful Form Bribery

I'm the best person ever to have a column in this business. There's never been anybody in my league. Jimmy Breslin

Best Business Never Column League Been Person Anybody Ever

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