“Pick up any newspaper in the morning. Count the words in the lead sent...” — Jimmy Breslin Quote

Pick up any newspaper in the morning. Count the words in the lead sentences. There will be at least 25 in all of them: Guaranteed. The writers just want to tell you how many degrees they have from this college or that university.

Complainant received immediate lacerations of the credibility.

Those of Manhattan are the brokers on Wall Street and they talk of people who went to the same colleges; those from Queens are margin clerks in the back offices and they speak of friends who live in the same neighborhood.

Media, the plural of mediocrity.

Rage is the only quality which has kept me, or anybody I have ever studied, writing columns for newspapers.

I think it's good for a team that they can count on two guys to put them in a good position to make plays. I mean who wouldn't want two quarterbacks?

My form's good in practice, but that doesn't count for anything, really.

There are some incredibly gifted writers in the world. You can count them on a hand. They're blessed, and they've worked at their craft, but there's very few.

I have too many shoes to count, honestly.

I could count on one hand how many times I've worked out.