New York... Babylon-on-the-Hudson, sinful, extravagant, full of the nervous hilarity of the doomed. Lucius Beebe More Quotes by Lucius Beebe More Quotes From Lucius Beebe High blood pressure, cheeriness at breakfast, a mellowing political philosophy, and an inability to drink more than half a bottle of proof spirits at cocktail time without falling over the fire irons all suggest dark wings hovering overhead and the impending midnight croak of the raven. Lucius Beebe darkphilosophyfall What is subversive today, will almost certainly be patriotic tomorrow. Lucius Beebe patriotictomorrowtoday I admire most of all The Renaissance Man, and if it can be said without pretentiousness, I like to think of myself as one, at least in some small measure. Not a Michelangelo, mark you, but perhaps a poor man's Cellini or a road company Cosimo de' Medici ... the Renaissance Man did a number of things, many of them well, a few beautifully. He was no damned specialist. Lucius Beebe numbersmenthinking A gourmet can tell from the flavor whether a woodcock's leg is the one on which the bird is accustomed to roost. Lucius Beebe gourmetflavorbird George Jessel’s newest pick-me-up which is receiving attention from the town’s paragraphers is called a Bloody Mary: half tomato juice, half vodka. Lucius Beebe pick-me-upreceivingtowns If anything is worth doing it is worth doing in style, and on your own terms, and nobody's Goddamned else's! Lucius Beebe All I want is the best of everything and there's very little of that left. Lucius Beebe
