16 Quotes by Joseph Mitchell

I never felt at home. I stuck outIn New York City, especially in Greenwich Village, down among the cranks and the misfits and the one-lungers and the has-beens and the might've beens and the would-bes and the never-wills and the God-knows-whats, I have always felt at home.

All information of a spiritual or personal nature will have to come from our father, who art in heaven, and I think he's in New York right now.

Also, I had not yet found out about time; I was still under the illusion that I had plenty of time – time for this, time for that, time for everything, time to waste.

I never felt at home. I stuck outIn New York City, especially in Greenwich Village, down among the cranks and the misfits and the one-lungers and the has-beens and the might’ve beens and the would-bes and the never-wills and the God-knows-whats, I have always felt at home.

He had a habit of remarking to bartenders that he didn’t see any sense in mixing whiskey with water since the whiskey was already wet.

All information of a spiritual or personal nature will have to come from our father, who art in heaven, and I think he’s in New York right now.

You’re a trouble-maker. What race do you belong to, anyhow?’ ‘The human race,’ I said. ‘I come from the womb and I’m bound for the tomb, the same as you, the same as King George the Six, the same as Johnny Squat.