Pete Hamill Quotes & Sayings

“I don't ask for the meaning of the song of a bird or the rising of the sun on a misty morning. There they are, and they are beautiful.”

“It's odd being an American now. Most of us are peaceful, but here we are again, in our fifth major war of this century.”

“He steps on stage and draws the sword of rhetoric, and when he is through, someone is lying wounded and thousands of others are either angry or consoled.”

“There is a growing feeling that perhaps Texas is really another country, a place where the skies, the disasters, the diamonds, the politicians, the women, the fortunes, the football players and the murders are all bigger than anywhere else.”

“Say what you will about him Ed Koch is still the best show in town.”