Author: Calvin Trillin

Quotes

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

People, not just reporters, are more interested in politics than in government, so the actual issues wouldn't be something that interested them.

People, not just reporters, are more interested in politics than in government, so the actual issues wouldn't be something that interested them.

- 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

The shelf life of the average trade book is somewhere between milk and yogurt.

The shelf life of the average trade book is somewhere between milk and yogurt.

- Calvin Trillin

I never did very well in math - I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadn't meant my answers literally.

I never did very well in math - I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadn't meant my answers literally.

- Calvin Trillin

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 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

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 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.

- Calvin Trillin

With humor, it's so subjective that trying to think of what the ideal reader would think would drive you crazy.

With humor, it's so subjective that trying to think of what the ideal reader would think would drive you crazy.

- Calvin Trillin

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