Calvin Trillin Quotes

We all know funny people who can't get it down on the page - even funny writers who can't get it down on the page.

Calvin Trillin

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In Hollywood, you can live alongside very famous but still incredibly boring people. I've never wanted to be immortal. Even if nobody remembers me after my death, it's still okay with me.

Olivier Martinez
- People
- Live
- Death
Sometimes 'Rookie' is written about like, 'Finally! Something for alternative girls!' and I'm like, 'No!' Obviously it's not for everyone, but I used to think that there are cheerleaders, and there are art kids.

Tavi Gevinson
- Art
- Kids
- Think
It angers me when sustainability gets used as a buzz word. For 90 percent of the world, sustainability is a matter of survival.

Cameron Sinclair
- World
- Word
- Survival
The claim made by Team Obama that every dollar in stimulus translates into a dollar-and-a-half in growth is economic fiction. The costs of stimulus reduce future growth. No country has ever spent itself to prosperity. The price of stimulus has to be paid sometime.

Karl Rove
- Country
- Future
- Team
A Pike, in the California dialect, is a native of Missouri, Arkansas, Northern Texas, or Southern Illinois. The first emigrants that came over the plains were from Pike County, Missouri; but as the phrase, 'a Pike County man,' was altogether too long for this short life of ours, it was soon abbreviated into 'a Pike.'

Bayard Taylor
- Life
- Long
- Man
Without being aware, I think I was being indoctrinated into what was called Vitalism, the idea that what makes life worth living, the good life, consists of accepting challenges, solving problems, discovery, personal growth, personal change.

Edmund Phelps
- Life
- Good
- Change