115 Quotes by Art Buchwald

The best things in life aren't things.

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. (101)

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

No one has ever questioned the credentials of a critic who writes a rave notice. (249)

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

During my sessions with Dr. Morse, I concluded that somebody had been messing with my head during those early years and they left footprints on my brain. I have spent almost as much time on Seventh-Day Adventists in my analysis as I have on my mother. I am willing to bet that this place was responsible for many of my hang-ups. (29)

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

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.

If a child is lucky, there will always be one Mrs. Egorkin who'll play a pivotal role in his or her life. (79)