Lucius Beebe Quotes

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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

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

A gourmet can tell from the flavour whether a woodcock's leg is the one on which the bird is accustomed to roost.

Lucius Beebe

Lucius Beebe

Lucius Beebe

Born: December 9, 1902

Died: February 4, 1966 (aged 63)

Bio: Lucius Morris Beebe was an American author, gourmand, photographer, railroad historian, journalist, and syndicated columnist.

Known for:

The Stork Club Bar Book (1946)
The big spenders (1966)
The age of steam (1957)
Narrow Gauge in the Rockies (1958)
Cable car carnival (1951)

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