Bartender Quote 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Joseph Mitchell

My dad was a cotton buyer and cotton buyers always considered themselves superior to the rest of the world.

— 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…

— Joseph Mitchell

I have a great deal of experience in justifying myself to myself.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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,…

— Joseph Mitchell