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Calvin Trillin quotes: The existential paradox we all experience; we feel that we are immortal, yet we know that we will die.

The existential paradox we all experience; we feel that we are immortal, yet we know that we will die.

Calvin Trillin quotes: I've written three books you could think of as memoirs.

I've written three books you could think of as memoirs.

Calvin Trillin quotes: 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 quotes: It was a given in our family that my father was a grocer so that I wouldn't have to be.

It was a given in our family that my father was a grocer so that I wouldn't have to be.

Calvin Trillin quotes: I'm in favor of liberalizing immigration because of the effect it would have on restaurants. I'd let just about everybody in except the English.

I'm in favor of liberalizing immigration because of the effect it would have on restaurants. I'd let just about everybody in except the English.

Calvin Trillin quotes: Math was always my bad subject. I couldn't convince my teachers that many of my answers were meant ironically.

Math was always my bad subject. I couldn't convince my teachers that many of my answers were meant ironically.

Calvin Trillin quotes: Once, in Lisbon, I tried my best to work the phone book in a way that would assuage a longing [Alice and I] had for certain Chinese dishes ...

Once, in Lisbon, I tried my best to work the phone book in a way that would assuage a longing [Alice and I] had for certain Chinese dishes ...

Calvin Trillin quotes: 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 quotes: A new regulation for the publishing industry: The advance for a book must be larger than the check for the lunch at which it was discussed.

A new regulation for the publishing industry: The advance for a book must be larger than the check for the lunch at which it was discussed.

Calvin Trillin quotes: The Banh Mi sandwich is really the only good argument for colonialism.

The Banh Mi sandwich is really the only good argument for colonialism.

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.

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 quotes: Anybody who doesn't think that the best hamburger place in teh world is in his home town is a sissy.

Anybody who doesn't think that the best hamburger place in teh world is in his home town is a sissy.

Calvin Trillin quotes: Perhaps we've time to have a look at the Number Thirty-One bus queue before we turn in.

Perhaps we've time to have a look at the Number Thirty-One bus queue before we turn in.

Calvin Trillin quotes: Long Island is the single most segregated suburban area in the United States.

Long Island is the single most segregated suburban area in the United States.

Calvin Trillin quotes: We all know funny people who can't get it down on the page - even funny writers who can't get it down on the page.

We all know funny people who can't get it down on the page - even funny writers who can't get it down on the page.

Calvin Trillin quotes: 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 quotes: What interests me is what you might call vernacular writing, writing that connects you to a place.

What interests me is what you might call vernacular writing, writing that connects you to a place.

Calvin Trillin quotes: If it's inappropriate to write about, if there's nothing funny about it, then it's not funny.

If it's inappropriate to write about, if there's nothing funny about it, then it's not funny.

Calvin Trillin quotes: I do remember in high school I wanted to be a disc jockey.

I do remember in high school I wanted to be a disc jockey.

Calvin Trillin quotes: Following the Romanian tradition, garlic is used in excess to keep the vampires away.

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

Calvin Trillin quotes: Your children are either the center of your life or they're not, and the rest is commentary

Your children are either the center of your life or they're not, and the rest is commentary

Calvin Trillin quotes: She believed in the principle of enoughness." from "About Alice

She believed in the principle of enoughness."
from "About Alice

Calvin Trillin quotes: The margin of error in astrology is plus or minus one hundred percent.

The margin of error in astrology is plus or minus one hundred percent.

Calvin Trillin quotes: Canadians are very well behaved, they don't throw their food.

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

Calvin Trillin quotes: JACKSON HAS NEVER stood apart from the rest of Mississippi the way Atlanta has stood apart from Georgia, say, or New Orleans from Louisiana.

JACKSON HAS NEVER stood apart from the rest of Mississippi the way Atlanta has stood apart from Georgia, say, or New Orleans from Louisiana.

Calvin Trillin quotes: At American weddings, the quality of the food is in inverse proportion to the social position of the bride and groom.

At American weddings, the quality of the food is in inverse proportion to the social position of the bride and groom.

Calvin Trillin quotes: The way I read Billy Carter's testimony, he was a model citizen himself until the voters went and ruined his life by making his brother President.

The way I read Billy Carter's testimony, he was a model citizen himself until the voters went and ruined his life by making his brother President.

Calvin Trillin quotes: 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 quotes: Marriage is not merely sharing the fettucini, but sharing the burden of finding the fettucini restaurant in the first place.

Marriage is not merely sharing the fettucini, but sharing the burden of finding the fettucini restaurant in the first place.

Calvin Trillin quotes: The price of purity is purists.

The price of purity is purists.

Calvin Trillin quotes: I don't mind being interviewed on television or radio.

I don't mind being interviewed on television or radio.

Calvin Trillin quotes: 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 quotes: Everybody is who he was in high school.

Everybody is who he was in high school.

Calvin Trillin quotes: There's always a source for humor.

There's always a source for humor.

Calvin Trillin quotes: Keeping off a large weight loss is a phenomenon about as common in American medicine as an impoverished dermatologist.

Keeping off a large weight loss is a phenomenon about as common in American medicine as an impoverished dermatologist.

Calvin Trillin quotes: Daddy, how come in Kansas City the bagels taste like just round bread?

Daddy, how come in Kansas City the bagels taste like just round bread?

Calvin Trillin quotes: 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 quotes: "Law professors were never like economics professors," a Harvard Law professor told me. "If you disagreed with someone, you didn't call him a fool."

"Law professors were never like economics professors," a Harvard Law professor told me. "If you disagreed with someone, you didn't call him a fool."

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 quotes: Health food makes me sick.

Health food makes me sick.

Calvin Trillin quotes: 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 quotes: If Lincoln freed the slaves and preserved the Union, how come'Lincolnesque' just means tall?

If Lincoln freed the slaves and preserved the Union, how come
'Lincolnesque' just means tall?

Calvin Trillin quotes: Avoid restaurants with names that are improbable descriptions, such as the Purple Goose, the Blue Kangaroo or the Quilted Orangutan.

Avoid restaurants with names that are improbable descriptions, such as the Purple Goose, the Blue Kangaroo or the Quilted Orangutan.

Calvin Trillin quotes: Many Texas barbecue fanatics have a strong belief in the beneficial properties of accumulated grease.

Many Texas barbecue fanatics have a strong belief in the beneficial properties of accumulated grease.

Calvin Trillin quotes: If bumblebee leavings and stump paste are so good for you, why can't any of those guys (in the health stores) grow full beards?

If bumblebee leavings and stump paste are so good for you, why can't any of those guys (in the health stores) grow full beards?

Calvin Trillin quotes: I'm more disturbed when people expect me to be serious.

I'm more disturbed when people expect me to be serious.

Calvin Trillin quotes: Money not spent on a luxury one considered even briefly is the equivalent of windfall income and should be spent accordingly.

Money not spent on a luxury one considered even briefly is the equivalent of windfall income and should be spent accordingly.

Calvin Trillin quotes: When you're writing, you are robbed of your delivery.

When you're writing, you are robbed of your delivery.

Calvin Trillin quotes: I am firmly committed to the proposition that whoever is in power is exceedingly silly ... And that goes for the opposition as well.

I am firmly committed to the proposition that whoever is in power is exceedingly silly ... And that goes for the opposition as well.

Calvin Trillin quotes: Anybody caught selling macrame in public should be dyed a natural color and hung out to dry.

Anybody caught selling macrame in public should be dyed a natural color and hung out to dry.

Calvin Trillin quotes: Why in the world are you a Republican?

Why in the world are you a Republican?

Calvin Trillin quotes: I've always thought that parallel parking was my main talent.

I've always thought that parallel parking was my main talent.

Calvin Trillin quotes: What campaigns are for is weeding out the people who, for one way or another, weren't making it for the long haul.

What campaigns are for is weeding out the people who, for one way or another, weren't making it for the long haul.

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 quotes: Taking pleasure in the dark side may be some sort of occupational hazard for reporters.

Taking pleasure in the dark side may be some sort of occupational hazard for reporters.

Calvin Trillin quotes: There is a theory that sooner or later anything in America that is any fun at all will be ruined by people from California.

There is a theory that sooner or later anything in America that is any fun at all will be ruined by people from California.

Calvin Trillin quotes: I like chili, but not enough to discuss it with someone from Texas.

I like chili, but not enough to discuss it with someone from Texas.

Calvin Trillin quotes: Every good idea sooner or later degenerates into hard work.

Every good idea sooner or later degenerates into hard work.

Calvin Trillin quotes: I don't think I've ever read a food piece or a food book.

I don't think I've ever read a food piece or a food book.

Calvin Trillin quotes: It has long been acknowledged that the single best restaurant in the world is Arthur Bryant's Barbecue at Eighteenth and Booklyn in Kansas city.

It has long been acknowledged that the single best restaurant in the world is Arthur Bryant's Barbecue at Eighteenth and Booklyn in Kansas city.

Calvin Trillin quotes: Being on a book tour is a lot easier than reporting.

Being on a book tour is a lot easier than reporting.

Calvin Trillin quotes: She wanted to protect us from worry, from sadness, from lonelinessthings her parents had not been able to protect her from. (About Alice)

She wanted to protect us from worry, from sadness, from loneliness
things her parents had not been able to protect her from. (About Alice)

Calvin Trillin quotes: Getting a tattoo would probably make me cry.

Getting a tattoo would probably make me cry.

Calvin Trillin quotes: If law school is so hard to get through ... how come there are so many lawyers?

If law school is so hard to get through ... how come there are so many lawyers?

Calvin Trillin quotes: School plays were invented partly to give parents and easy opportunity to demonstrate their priorities.

School plays were invented partly to give parents and easy opportunity to demonstrate their priorities.

Calvin Trillin quotes: I don't care where I sit, as long as I get fed.

I don't care where I sit, as long as I get fed.

Calvin Trillin quotes: The ceiling on taxation of capital gains reflects the national belief that speculation is a more worthwhile way to make a living than work.

The ceiling on taxation of capital gains reflects the national belief that speculation is a more worthwhile way to make a living than work.