8 Quotes & Sayings By Cleveland Amory

Cleveland Amory, a world traveler and sailor, was a popular journalist and author during the 1920s and 1930s. His social circle included a number of famous people of the time, including President Calvin Coolidge, Ernest Hemingway, Dorothy Parker, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Thomas Mann, and Pablo Picasso. He married twice; his first wife was Ann Churchill; his second wife was Gloria Vanderbilt Read more

Ann Churchill is also known as Ann Van Alstine.

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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
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Adlai Stevenson - a Henry James character in a Reader's Digest world. Cleveland Amory
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Advice to son: Never confuse "I love you" with "I want to marry you." Cleveland Amory
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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
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You can't make the Duchess of Windsor into Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. The facts of life are very stubborn things. Cleveland Amory
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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
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A 'good' family, it seems, is one that used to be better. Cleveland Amory