All Quotes by Calvin Trillin
“As far as I'm concerned, 'whom' is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler.”
“The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.”
“The food in such places is so tasteless because the members associate spices and garlic with just the sort of people they're trying to keep out.”
“The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.”
“I actually think of being funny as an odd turn of mind, like a mild disability, some weird way of looking at the world that you can't get rid of.”
“As far as I'm concerned, 'whom' is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler.”
“I actually think of being funny as an odd turn of mind, like a mild disability, some weird way of looking at the world that you can't get rid of.”
“Money not spent on a luxury one considered even briefly is the equivalent of windfall income and should be spent accordingly.”
“Health food makes me sick.”
“I never did very well in math - I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadn't meant my answers literally.”