“You can't make the Duchess of Windsor into Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. The facts of life are very stubborn things.”
Cleveland Amory“A 'good' family, it seems, is one that used to be better.”
Cleveland Amory“As anyone who has ever been around a cat for any length of time well knows, cats have enormous patience with the limitations of the human kind.”
Cleveland Amory“You can't make the Duchess of Windsor into Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. The facts of life are very stubborn things.”
Cleveland Amory“When Babe Ruth was asked in 1930 how he felt about making more money that the President of the United States he replied 'I had a better year than he (Herbert Hoover) did.' When Tom Snyder was asked in 1977 how he felt about making more money per year than President Carter he replied 'I have to go out and buy my own 707.'”
Cleveland Amory“You can't make the Duchess of Windsor into Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. The facts of life are very stubborn things.”
Cleveland Amory“Adlai Stevenson - a Henry James character in a Reader's Digest world.”
Cleveland Amory“As anyone who has ever been around a cat for any length of time well knows cats have enormous patience with the limitations of the human kind.”
Cleveland Amory, The Cat Who Came for Christmas