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 Accustomed Copy Share Image
New York... Babylon-on-the-Hudson, sinful, extravagant, full of the nervous hilarity of the doomed. — Lucius Beebe Babylon Copy Share Image
High blood pressure, cheeriness at breakfast, a mellowing political philosophy, and an inability to drink more than half a bottle of proof… — Lucius Beebe Blood Copy Share Image
What is subversive today, will almost certainly be patriotic tomorrow. — Lucius Beebe Patriotic Copy Share Image
I admire most of all The Renaissance Man, and if it can be said without pretentiousness, I like to think of myself… — Lucius Beebe Admire Copy Share Image
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 Attention Copy Share Image
