--- title: "1 Parisians Quotes By A. J. Liebling" description: "1 Parisians quotes by A. J. Liebling. Plus more from A. J. Liebling and more Parisians sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f57/a-j-liebling-15045_american_to-the-parisians-and-especially-to-the-c_3168666.png" --- > [To the Parisians, and especially to the children, all Americans are now 'heros du cinema.' This is particularly disconcerting to sensitive war correspondents, if any, aware, as they are, that these innocent thanks belong to those American combat troops who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-j-liebling/to-the-parisians-and-especially-to-the-children-all-americans-are-now/) [A. J. Liebling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-j-liebling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f57/a-j-liebling-15045_american_to-the-parisians-and-especially-to-the-c_3168666.png) ## More by A. J. Liebling > [It is an anomaly that information, the one thing most necessary to our survival as choosers of our own way, should be a commodity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-j-liebling/it-is-an-anomaly-that-information-the-one-thing-most-necessary-to-our/) [A. J. Liebling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-j-liebling/) > [I used to be shy about ordering a steak after I had eaten a steak sandwich, but I got used to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-j-liebling/i-used-to-be-shy-about-ordering-a-steak-after-i-had-eaten-a-steak/) [A. J. Liebling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-j-liebling/) > [The pattern of a newspaperman's life is like the plot of 'Black Beauty.' Sometimes he finds a kind master who gives him a dry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-j-liebling/the-pattern-of-a-newspaperman-s-life-is-like-the-plot-of-black-beauty/) [A. J. Liebling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-j-liebling/) > [The science of booby-trapping has taken a good deal of the fun out of following hot on the enemy's heels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-j-liebling/the-science-of-booby-trapping-has-taken-a-good-deal-of-the-fun-out-of/) [A. J. Liebling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-j-liebling/) > [People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-j-liebling/people-everywhere-confuse-what-they-read-in-newspapers-with-news/) [A. J. Liebling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-j-liebling/) > [The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite. Without this, it is impossible to accumulate, within the allotted span, enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-j-liebling/the-primary-requisite-for-writing-well-about-food-is-a-good-appetite-2/) [A. J. Liebling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-j-liebling/) > [Chicago seems a big city instead of merely a large place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-j-liebling/chicago-seems-a-big-city-instead-of-merely-a-large-place/) [A. J. Liebling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-j-liebling/) > [A Louisiana politician can't afford to let his animosities carry him away, and still less his principles, although there is seldom difficulty in that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-j-liebling/a-louisiana-politician-can-t-afford-to-let-his-animosities-carry-him/) [A. J. Liebling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-j-liebling/) > [A city with one newspaper, or with a morning and an evening paper under one ownership, is like a man with one eye, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-j-liebling/a-city-with-one-newspaper-or-with-a-morning-and-an-evening-paper/) [A. J. Liebling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-j-liebling/) > [There is a healthy American newspaper tradition of not taking yourself seriously It is the story you must take that way... And if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-j-liebling/there-is-a-healthy-american-newspaper-tradition-of-not-taking/) [A. J. Liebling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-j-liebling/) > [If a boxer ever went as crazy as Nijinsky all the wowsers in the world would be screaming 'punch-drunk.' Well, who hit Nijinsky? And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-j-liebling/if-a-boxer-ever-went-as-crazy-as-nijinsky-all-the-wowsers-in-the/) [A. J. Liebling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-j-liebling/) > [An Englishman teaching an American about food is like the blind leading the one-eyed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-j-liebling/an-englishman-teaching-an-american-about-food-is-like-the-blind/) [A. J. Liebling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-j-liebling/) > [I had an attack of the gout two days before pulling out, and I went limping off to the war instead of coming limping…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-j-liebling/i-had-an-attack-of-the-gout-two-days-before-pulling-out-and-i-went/) [A. J. Liebling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-j-liebling/) > [Inconsiderate to the last, Josef Stalin, a man who never had to meet a deadline, had the bad taste to die in installments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-j-liebling/inconsiderate-to-the-last-josef-stalin-a-man-who-never-had-to-meet-a/) [A. J. Liebling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-j-liebling/) > [Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-j-liebling/freedom-of-the-press-is-guaranteed-only-to-those-who-own-one/) [A. J. 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