Art Buchwald Quotes

Most popular Art Buchwald Quotes

I worship the quicksand he walks in. - Art Buchwald quote.
I worship the quicksand he walks in.
— Art Buchwald

Richard Nixon

Golf is an acquired taste, like poison gas. - Art Buchwald quote.
Golf is an acquired taste, like poison gas.
— Art Buchwald in Washington Post

golf

When we grieve, tears and guilt get mixed together. - Art Buchwald quote.
When we grieve, tears and guilt get mixed together.
— Art Buchwald Leaving Home: A Memoir

sorrow tears

People ask what I am really trying to do with humor.  The answer is, "I'm getting even." - Art Buchwald quote.
People ask what I am really trying to do with humor.  The answer is, "I'm getting even."
— Art Buchwald Leaving Home: A Memoir

humor

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. - Art Buchwald quote.
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.
— Art Buchwald

taxes

Every time you think television has hit its lowest ebb, a new type program comes along to make you wonder where you thought the ebb as. - Art Buchwald quote.
Every time you think television has hit its lowest ebb, a new type program comes along to make you wonder where you thought the ebb as.
— Art Buchwald Have I Ever Lied to You?

television

And Man created the plastic bag and the tin and aluminum can and the cellophane wrapper and the paper plate, and this was good because Man could then take his automobile and buy all his food in one place and He could save that which was good to eat in the refrigerator and throw away that which had no further use. And soon the earth was covered with plastic bags and aluminum cans and paper plates and disposable bottles and there was nowhere to sit down or walk, and Man shook his head and cried: 'Look at this God Awful mess'. - Art Buchwald quote.
And Man created the plastic bag and the tin and aluminum can and the cellophane wrapper and the paper plate, and this was good because Man could then take his automobile and buy all his food in one place and He could save that which was good to eat in the refrigerator and throw away that which had no further use. And soon the earth was covered with plastic bags and aluminum cans and paper plates and disposable bottles and there was nowhere to sit down or walk, and Man shook his head and cried: 'Look at this God Awful mess'.
— Art Buchwald

environment