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

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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...

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...

Health food makes me sick.

Health food makes me sick.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest

An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest

I regard no man as poor who has a godly mother.

I regard no man as poor who has a godly mother.

Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be President, but they don't want...

Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be President, but they don't want...

Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are...

Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are...

Liberty without learning is always in peril and learning without liberty is always in vain

Liberty without learning is always in peril and learning without liberty is always in vain

Okay, using the dreaded middle name is not the best way to forge a bond.

Okay, using the dreaded middle name is not the best way to forge a bond.