“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.” ThinkingWorldWayMindTurnsOddDisabilityBeing Funny Author:Calvin Trillin
“What campaigns are for is weeding out the people who, for one way or another, weren't making it for the long haul.” PeopleWayLongCampaignsOne WayWeedHaulLong Haul Author:Calvin Trillin
“You know, I used to say, when people say, 'How do you think about what to write about in the poems every week?' And I say, 'Well, I have to turn it in on Monday, so on Sunday nights I turn the shower to iambic pentameter and it sort of works out that way.'” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayWritingWellsUsedNightTurnsWeekWork OutSundayShowersMondaySunday Night Author:Calvin Trillin
“By the way, did you fellows know that a hummingbird weighs as much as a quarter? Do you think a hummingbird also weighs the same as two dimes and a nickel? But then she asked a question of her own: How do they weigh a hummingbird?” ThinkingKnowsWayTwoFellowsQuartersDimesNickelsHummingbirds Book:Enough's Enough: And Other Rules of Life Source: Enough's Enough: And Other Rules of Life
“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 . . . .” WayBookCertainLongingPhonesChineseDishes Author:Calvin Trillin
“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.” WayPoliticsPresidentBrotherCitizensModelsVotersRuinedTestimonyCarter Book:Uncivil liberties Source: Uncivil liberties
“The ceiling on taxation of capital gains reflects the national belief that speculation is a more worthwhile way to make a living than work.” WayBeliefTaxesGainsWorthwhileTaxationSpeculationCeilingsCapital Gains Book:Uncivil liberties Source: Uncivil liberties
