Robert A. Metzger quotes

“It was the sort of house that glows with substance and savoir vivre in those advertisements for the best Scotch. It had wonderful bones.”
-- Robert A. Metzger

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“An appreciation of prose is learned, not instinctive. It is an acquired taste, like Scotch whisky.”

“I started drinking Scotch just to be a man.”

“In college I took a class from a professor who changed my whole life. I can't really remember what his name was, or what the class was, or even which college it was, but I found that if you sit behind a really tall guy and kind of slouch down in your chair you can drink Scotch right from the bottle and not get caught.”

“The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.”

“May I a small house and large garden have; And a few friends, And many books, both true.”

Source : Abraham Cowley, A. R. Waller (2014). “Poems”, p.88, Cambridge University Press

“I grew up in a house that liked to be funny. Everybody liked to be funny. My family's been...we've been enjoying each other's comedy for years.”

“I've always liked older ladies, ever since my mother would have B'nai B'rith at our house.”

“What I'm above all primarily concerned with is the substance of life, the pith of reality. If I had to sum up my work, I suppose that's it really: I'm taking the pith out of reality.”

“Beer is sacred business, a mood-altering food substance that may have preserved the human species. To drink beer is to be human.”

“The substance of painting is light.”