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> [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 pose and act as if they know and walk through life and get away with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-breslin/governments-mostly-don-t-do-much-and-you-ve-also-got-to-understand/)

[Jimmy Breslin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-breslin/)

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## Other authors on Governments Don

## More by Jimmy Breslin

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-breslin/trump-survives-by-corum-s-law-this-is-a-famous-well-tested-theory-and/)

[Jimmy Breslin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-breslin/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-breslin/governments-mostly-don-t-do-much-and-you-ve-also-got-to-understand/)

[Jimmy Breslin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-breslin/)

> [“woman came to the checkout counter. She took a small order out of the shopping cart and placed it on the conveyor. There was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-breslin/woman-came-to-the-checkout-counter-she-took-a-small-order-out-of-the/)

[Jimmy Breslin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-breslin/)

> [Newspapers are so boring. How can you read a newspaper that starts with a 51-word lead sentence?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-breslin/newspapers-are-so-boring-how-can-you-read-a-newspaper-that-starts/)

[Jimmy Breslin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-breslin/)

> [Media, the plural of mediocrity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-breslin/media-the-plural-of-mediocrity/)

[Jimmy Breslin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-breslin/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-breslin/pointing-to-the-mutual-envy-of-businessmen-and-politicians-who-are/)

[Jimmy Breslin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-breslin/)

> [Anything that isn't writing is easy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-breslin/anything-that-isn-t-writing-is-easy/)

[Jimmy Breslin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-breslin/)

> [The other feature is a gymnasium named after another dead politician who was gifted with fast and extremely sure hands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-breslin/the-other-feature-is-a-gymnasium-named-after-another-dead-politician/)

[Jimmy Breslin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-breslin/)

> [Designed by architects with honorable intentions but hands of palsy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-breslin/designed-by-architects-with-honorable-intentions-but-hands-of-palsy/)

[Jimmy Breslin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-breslin/)

> [Speaks cheerful English and in the past has written this language with a paintbrush that talks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-breslin/speaks-cheerful-english-and-in-the-past-has-written-this-language/)

[Jimmy Breslin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-breslin/)

> [Trump is larger than life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-breslin/trump-is-larger-than-life/)

[Jimmy Breslin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-breslin/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-breslin/out-in-the-ocean-a-rope-is-put-around-the-man-s-neck-the-other-end-of/)

[Jimmy Breslin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-breslin/)

> [True New Yorkers do not really seek information about the outside world. They feel that if anything is not in New York it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-breslin/true-new-yorkers-do-not-really-seek-information-about-the-outside/)

[Jimmy Breslin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-breslin/)

> [I'm the best person ever to have a column in this business. There's never been anybody in my league.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-breslin/i-m-the-best-person-ever-to-have-a-column-in-this-business-there-s/)

[Jimmy Breslin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-breslin/)

> [When you leave New York you ain't going anywhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-breslin/when-you-leave-new-york-you-ain-t-going-anywhere/)

[Jimmy Breslin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-breslin/)

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