Top 15 Art Buchwald Quotes

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

The best things in life aren't things.

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, pretend today is yesterday and just go out and have one hell of a time.

"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 in the refrigerator and throw away that which had no further use. And soon the earth was covered with plastic bags and aluminum cans and paper plates and disposable bottles and there was nowhere to sit down or walk, and Man shook his head and cried: "Look at this Godawful mess.

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

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

the best things in life aren't things

Writers are funny about reviews: when they get a good one they ignore it — but when they get a bad review they never forget it. Every writer I know is the same way: you get a hundred good reviews, and one bad, andyou remember only the bad. For years, you go on and fantasize about the reviewer who didn't like your book; you imagine him as a jerk, a wife-beater, a real ogre. And, in the meantime, the reviewer has forgotten all about the whole thing. But, twenty years later, the writer still remembers that one bad review.

Americans are just beginning to regard food the way the French always have. Dinner is not what you do in the evening before something else. Dinner is the evening.

Dying is easy; parking is impossible.

But a funny thing happens to you in a depression. If you don't hurt yourself, you can gain tremendous insights and empathy, find inner strengths and hidden talents. It's a mysterious process, but if you can hold on, you become a wiser person.

If a child is lucky, there will always be one Mrs. Egorkin who'll play a pivotal role in his or her life.

I’ve found it’s harder for the family of the patient to accept what’s happening. In most cases — not all — the dying person has accepted his fate.

The irony of our culture is that people are constantly telling other people to go to hell, but no one tells them to go to heaven.