Cleveland Amory
Historian
1917-09-02
Quotes by Cleveland Amory
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The opera is like a husband with a foreign title - expensive to support, hard to understand and therefore a supreme social challenge.
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I've always had a sneaking fondness for Martin Van Buren. He wrote his autobiography, you know, and never once mentioned his wife. Now that's what I call a mans man.
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The customer is always right! John Wanamaker must be turning in his grave. If you're a customer today, you're an intruder.
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You can't make the Duchess of Windsor into Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. The facts of life are very stubborn things.
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People ask me what makes a good funeral, and I tell them the most important thing is your man in the casket. If you have a man of substance in there, you have the makings of a first-class funeral.
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As far as I'm concerned, the only difference between the Republicans and the Democrats is the Republicans are Socialists and the Democrats are Bolsheviks.
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Have you ever heard one civilized person whose opinion you respect, at any time, anywhere, in any civilized country anywhere, say the good new days?
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Every damn President since I can remember has been so in love with foreign policy that they're just like a schoolboy with a new girl.
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In my day the schools taught two things, love of country and penmanship-now they don't teach either.
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I detest professional anythings but particularly professional writers. Most of them today are just garbage collectors.
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