--- title: "1 Asked Harry Quotes By Joseph Mitchell" description: "1 Asked Harry quotes by Joseph Mitchell. Plus more from Joseph Mitchell and more Asked Harry sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/673/joseph-mitchell-30843_death_my-grandfather-used-to-like-the-word-mit_309449.jpg" --- > [“My grandfather used to like the word 'mitigate,'" Harry said. "He liked the sound of it, and he used it whenever he could. When he was a very old man, he often got on the subject of dying. 'You cant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mitchell/my-grandfather-used-to-like-the-word-mitigate-harry-said-he-liked-the/) [Joseph Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/673/joseph-mitchell-30843_death_my-grandfather-used-to-like-the-word-mit_309449.jpg) ## Other authors on Asked Harry ## More by Joseph Mitchell > [“I’m not going to stand for it any longer," said Mr. Flood. "I’m going to put my foot down. All I want in this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mitchell/i-m-not-going-to-stand-for-it-any-longer-said-mr-flood-i-m-going-to/) [Joseph Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mitchell/) > [“My grandfather used to like the word 'mitigate,'" Harry said. "He liked the sound of it, and he used it whenever he could. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mitchell/my-grandfather-used-to-like-the-word-mitigate-harry-said-he-liked-the/) [Joseph Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mitchell/) > [“When things get too much for me, I put a wild-flower book and a couple of sandwiches in my pockets and go down to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mitchell/when-things-get-too-much-for-me-i-put-a-wild-flower-book-and-a-couple/) [Joseph Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mitchell/) > [The best talk is artless, the talk of people trying to reassure or comfort themselves, women in the sun, grouped around baby carriages, talking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mitchell/the-best-talk-is-artless-the-talk-of-people-trying-to-reassure-or/) [Joseph Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mitchell/) > [I never felt at home. I stuck outIn New York City, especially in Greenwich Village, down among the cranks and the misfits and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mitchell/i-never-felt-at-home-i-stuck-outin-new-york-city-especially-in/) [Joseph Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mitchell/) > [Also, I had not yet found out about time; I was still under the illusion that I had plenty of time - time for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mitchell/also-i-had-not-yet-found-out-about-time-i-was-still-under-the/) [Joseph Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mitchell/) > [My dad was a cotton buyer and cotton buyers always considered themselves superior to the rest of the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mitchell/my-dad-was-a-cotton-buyer-and-cotton-buyers-always-considered/) [Joseph Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mitchell/) > [“It is perhaps an ugly comment on the American press, but the function of the interviewer on most newspapers is to entertain, not to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mitchell/it-is-perhaps-an-ugly-comment-on-the-american-press-but-the-function/) [Joseph Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mitchell/) > [I have a great deal of experience in justifying myself to myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mitchell/i-have-a-great-deal-of-experience-in-justifying-myself-to-myself/) [Joseph Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mitchell/) > [All information of a spiritual or personal nature will have to come from our father, who art in heaven, and I think he's in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mitchell/all-information-of-a-spiritual-or-personal-nature-will-have-to-come/) [Joseph Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mitchell/) > [“When Gould arrives at a party, people who have never seen him before usually take one look at him and edge away. Before the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mitchell/when-gould-arrives-at-a-party-people-who-have-never-seen-him-before/) [Joseph Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mitchell/) > [“Gould is a night wanderer, and he has put down descriptions of dreadful things he has seen on dark New York streets – descriptions,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mitchell/gould-is-a-night-wanderer-and-he-has-put-down-descriptions-of/) [Joseph Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mitchell/) > [...you can hate a place with all your heart and soul and still be homesick for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mitchell/you-can-hate-a-place-with-all-your-heart-and-soul-and-still-be/) [Joseph Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mitchell/) > [He had a habit of remarking to bartenders that he didn't see any sense in mixing whiskey with water since the whiskey was already…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mitchell/he-had-a-habit-of-remarking-to-bartenders-that-he-didn-t-see-any/) [Joseph Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mitchell/) > [Life is a goddam mess...but you wouldn't want to miss it!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mitchell/life-is-a-goddam-mess-but-you-wouldn-t-want-to-miss-it/) [Joseph Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mitchell/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asked-harry/joseph-mitchell/#itemlist", "name": "1 Asked Harry Quotes By Joseph Mitchell", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“My grandfather used to like the word 'mitigate,'\" Harry said. \"He liked the sound of it, and he used it whenever he could. 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That's the purpose of it.\" 'That's no purpose,\" said Mr. Hewitt. \"The same thing that's going to happen to me is going to happen to them.\" \"The generations have to keep coming along,\" said Harry. \"That's all I know.\" \"You're put here, \" said Mr. Hewitt, \"and you're allowed to eat and draw breath and go back and forth a few short years, and about the time you get things in shape where you can sit down and enjoy them you wind up in a box in a hole in the ground, and as far as I can see, there's no purpose to it whatsoever.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joseph Mitchell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mitchell/my-grandfather-used-to-like-the-word-mitigate-harry-said-he-liked-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/673/joseph-mitchell-30843_death_my-grandfather-used-to-like-the-word-mit_309449.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/673/joseph-mitchell-30843_death_my-grandfather-used-to-like-the-word-mit_309449.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/673/joseph-mitchell-30843_death_my-grandfather-used-to-like-the-word-mit_309449.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My grandfather used to like the word 'mitigate,'\" Harry said. \"He liked the sound of it, and he used it…” — Joseph Mitchell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asked-harry/joseph-mitchell/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asked-harry/joseph-mitchell/", "name": "Asked Harry Quotes by Joseph Mitchell", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asked-harry/joseph-mitchell/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/673/joseph-mitchell-30843_death_my-grandfather-used-to-like-the-word-mit_309449.jpg" }, "description": "1 Asked Harry quotes by Joseph Mitchell. 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