I love a martini, two at the most. After three I’m under the table. After four I’m under the host. – Dorothy Parker
Tag: ELV’s Thought for the Day
ELV’s Thought for the Day
Cantonese will eat anything in the sky but airplanes, anything in the sea but submarines, and anything with four legs but the table. – Amanda Burnett in the Wall Street Journal (1983)
ELV’s Thought(s) for the Day
If there is anything the Chinese are serious about, it is neither religion nor learning, but food. – Lin Yutang, My Country and My People (1935)
The Chinese do not draw a distinction between food and medicine. – Lin Yutang , The Importance of Living (1937)