Politics: where fat, bald, disagreeable men, unable to be candidates themselves, teach a president how to act on a public stage. — Jimmy Breslin Copy Share Image
The office of president is a bastardized thing, half royalty and half democracy that nobody knows whether to genuflect or spit. — Jimmy Breslin Copy Share Image
The other feature is a gymnasium named after another dead politician who was gifted with fast and extremely sure hands. — Jimmy Breslin Copy Share Image
Politicians attend dinners at hotels with contractors. Bankers discuss interest rates at lunch. — Jimmy Breslin Copy Share Image
A politician finds anything to do with racial problems far more frightening than a gun. — Jimmy Breslin Copy Share Image
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.… — Jimmy Breslin Copy Share Image
You get a little picture that reflects the whole. You can get readers interested in the life of one guy, and he… — Jimmy Breslin Copy Share Image
I think it would be very good if writers and artists take a stand in electoral politics. They've got the ability to… — Jimmy Breslin Copy Share Image
“Pointing to the mutual envy of businessmen and politicians who are often out of their field in each other's area,, the author… — Jimmy Breslin Copy Share Image
All political power is primarily an illusion. Illusion. Mirrors and blue smoke, beautiful blue smoke rolling over the surface of highly polished… — Jimmy Breslin Copy Share Image
Trump survives by Corum's Law. This is a famous, well-tested theory and is named after Bill Corum, who once wrote sports for the Hearst… — Jimmy Breslin Copy Share
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… — Jimmy Breslin Copy Share
“woman came to the checkout counter. She took a small order out of the shopping cart and placed it on the conveyor. There was… — Jimmy Breslin Copy Share
Newspapers are so boring. How can you read a newspaper that starts with a 51-word lead sentence? — Jimmy Breslin Copy Share
“Pointing to the mutual envy of businessmen and politicians who are often out of their field in each other's area,, the author quotes the… — Jimmy Breslin Copy Share
The other feature is a gymnasium named after another dead politician who was gifted with fast and extremely sure hands. — Jimmy Breslin Copy Share
Speaks cheerful English and in the past has written this language with a paintbrush that talks. — Jimmy Breslin Copy Share
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… — Jimmy Breslin Copy Share
True New Yorkers do not really seek information about the outside world. They feel that if anything is not in New York it is… — Jimmy Breslin Copy Share
I'm the best person ever to have a column in this business. There's never been anybody in my league. — Jimmy Breslin Copy Share
