Quotes by Art Buchwald

About Art Buchwald:

Arthur "Art" Buchwald was 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.
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This is a wonderful way to celebrate an 80th birthday... I wanted to be 65 again, but they wouldn't let me - Homeland Security.

Art Buchwald

Whether it's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

Art Buchwald

Every time you think television has hit its lowest ebb, a new program comes along to make you wonder where you thought the ebb was.

Art Buchwald

You can't make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you're doing is recording it.

Art Buchwald

Television has a real problem. They have no page two.

Art Buchwald

I worship the quicksand he walks in.

Art Buchwald

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.

Art Buchwald

The powder is mixed with water and tastes exactly like powder mixed with water.

Art Buchwald

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.

Art Buchwald

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.

Art Buchwald

Have you ever seen a candidate talking to a rich person on television?

Art Buchwald

If you attack the establishment long enough and hard enough, they will make you a member of it.

Art Buchwald

So far things are going my way. I am known in the hospice as The Man Who Wouldn't Die. I don't know if this is true or not, but I think some people, not many, are starting to wonder why I'm still around.

Art Buchwald

Whether it is the best of times or the worst of times, it is the only time we've got.

Art Buchwald

And Man created the plastic bag and the tin and aluminum can and the cellophane wrapper and the paper plate, and this was good because Man could then take his automobile and buy all his food in one place and He could save that which was good to eat i...

Art Buchwald

Dinner is not what you do in the evening before something else. Dinner is the evening.

Art Buchwald

We seem to be going through a period of nostalgia, and everyone seems to think yesterday was better than today. I don't think it was, and I would advise you not to wait ten years before admitting today was great. If you're hung up on nostalgia, prete...

Art Buchwald

The best things in life aren't things.

Art Buchwald

Whether it is the best of times or the worst of times, it is the only time we have.

Art Buchwald

I always wanted to get into politics, but I was never light enough to make the team.

Art Buchwald

Author Bio

  • NameArt Buchwald
  • DescriptionUnited States Marine
  • BornOctober 20, 1925
  • DiedJanuary 17, 2007
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionColumnist; Essayist; Writer
  • AwardsPulitzer Prize For Commentary