Art Buchwald
Art Buchwald
Arthur "Art" Buchwaldwas an American humorist best known for his long-running column in The Washington Post, which in turn was carried as a syndicated column in many other newspapers. His column focused on political satire and commentary. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Outstanding Commentary in 1982 and in 1986 was elected to the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth20 October 1925
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
This is not an easy time for humorists because the government is far funnier than we are.
A bad liver is to a Frenchman what a nervous breakdown is to an American. Everyone has had one and everyone wants to talk about it.
Sharing our depressions felt like having survived a war. The experience bonds you to the other person for life.
I worship the quicksand he walks in.
This is a wonderful way to celebrate an 80th birthday... I wanted to be 65 again, but they wouldn't let me - Homeland Security.
When it came to writing about wine, I did what almost everybody does - faked it
Human beings thrive on action. Stagnation does not wear well with us. We are said to have our origins as hunter-gatherers. We run and we chase. We are problem-solvers. We must be continuously tested and we continuously test ourselves. And it will not end until our lives end because of life itself.
Ascot is so exclusive that it is the only racecourse in the world where the horses own the people.
I like champagne because it always tastes as though my foot's asleep.
Television has a real problem. They have no page two. Consequently every big story gets the same play and comes across to the viewer as a really big, scary one.
The buffalo isn't as dangerous as everyone makes him out to be. Statistics prove that in the United States more Americans are killed in automobile accidents than are killed by buffalo.
I have no idea where I'm going but here's the real question: What am I doing here in the first place?
Whether it's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.
Tax reform is taking the taxes off things that have been taxed in the past and putting taxes on things that haven't been taxed before.