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.

Quote by Calvin Trillin

Topics: Mothers Quotes

When it comes to Chinese food I have always operated under the policy that the...

When it comes to Chinese food I have always operated under the policy that the...

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

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

I never did very well in mathI could never seem to persuade the teacher that...

I never did very well in mathI could never seem to persuade the teacher that...

I never eat in a restaurant that's over a hundred feet off the ground and...

I never eat in a restaurant that's over a hundred feet off the ground and...

I never did very well in math - I could never seem to persuade the...

I never did very well in math - I could never seem to persuade the...

Even today, well-brought-up English girls are taught by their mothers to boil all veggies for...

Even today, well-brought-up English girls are taught by their mothers to boil all veggies for...

The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the...

The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the...

The food in such places is so tasteless because the members associate spices and garlic...

The food in such places is so tasteless because the members associate spices and garlic...

The question about those aromatic advertisements that perfume companies are having stitched into magazines these...

The question about those aromatic advertisements that perfume companies are having stitched into magazines these...

Health food makes me sick.

Health food makes me sick.

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.

I never did very well in mathI could never seem to persuade the teacher that...

I never did very well in mathI could never seem to persuade the teacher that...

Following the Jewish tradition, a dispenser of schmaltz (liquid chicken fat) is kept on the...

Following the Jewish tradition, a dispenser of schmaltz (liquid chicken fat) is kept on the...

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

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

At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all...

At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all...

Concern should drive us into action, not into a depression.

Concern should drive us into action, not into a depression.

It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.

It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.

My concern today is not with the length of a person's hair but with his...

My concern today is not with the length of a person's hair but with his...

Born out of concern for all beings.

Born out of concern for all beings.

Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free...

Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free...