I Detest Professional Anythings But Particularly Professional

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.

Opera Is Like A Husband With A Foreign Title: Expensive To Support, Hard To Understand, And Therefore A Supreme Social Challenge.

It Used To Be Said That, Socially Speaking, Philadelphia Asked Who A Person Is, New York How Much Is He Worth, And Boston What Does He Know. Nationally It Has Now Become Generally Recognized That Boston Society Has Long Cared Even More Than Philadelphia About The First Point And Has Refined The Asking Of Who A Person Is To The Point Of Demanding To Know Who He Was. Philadelphia Asks About A Man's Parents; Boston Wants To Know About His Grandparents.

Man Has An Infinite Capacity To Rationalize - Especially When It Comes To What He Wants To Eat.

Opera Is Like A Husband With A Foreign Title: Expensive To Support, Hard To Understand, And Therefore A Supreme Social Challenge.