Author: Calvin Trillin

Quotes

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 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.

- Calvin Trillin

I never eat in a restaurant that's over a hundred feet off the ground and won't stand still.

I never eat in a restaurant that's over a hundred feet off the ground and won't stand still.

- Calvin Trillin

Health food makes me sick.

Health food makes me sick.

- Calvin Trillin

When it comes to rapacious 19th century capitalism, my family's hands are clean.

When it comes to rapacious 19th century capitalism, my family's hands are clean.

- Calvin Trillin

Canadians are very well behaved, they don't throw their food.

Canadians are very well behaved, they don't throw their food.

- Calvin Trillin

There's always a source for humor.

There's always a source for humor.

- Calvin Trillin

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.

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.

- Calvin Trillin

I don't cook. I don't know anything about food. I've never reviewed a restaurant.

I don't cook. I don't know anything about food. I've never reviewed a restaurant.

- Calvin Trillin

As far as I'm concerned, 'whom' is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler.

As far as I'm concerned, 'whom' is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler.

- Calvin Trillin

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