Calvin Trillin Quotes

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

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

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Health food makes me sick.

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Following the Jewish tradition, a dispenser of schmaltz (liquid chicken fat) is kept on the table to give the vampires heartburn if they get through the garlic defense.

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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.

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Following the Rumanian tradition, garlic is used in excess to keep the vampires away.

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When it comes to Chinese food I have always operated under the policy that the less known about the preparation the better. A wise diner who is invited to visit the kitchen replies by saying, as politely as possible, that he has a pressing engagement elsewhere.

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All White House hopefuls we forewarn: You'll have to prove that you were born. Before Trump hits the state of granite, He must identify the planetWhere he first took on human form - A place where blowhards are the norm.

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