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Champagne for One (Nero Wolfe, #31) QUOTES

Champagne for One (Nero Wolfe, #31) QUOTES

1 " ...if he had married Mrs. Albert Grantham for her money I freely admit that no man marries without a reason and with her it would have been next to impossible to think up another one.... "

― Rex Stout , Champagne for One (Nero Wolfe, #31)

2 " If your ego is in good shape you will pretend you're surprised if a National Chairman calls you to tell you his party wants to nominate you for President of the United States, but you're not really surprised. "

― Rex Stout , Champagne for One (Nero Wolfe, #31)

3 " Yeah. I'm the fly in the soup. I don't like it any better than you do. Flies don't like being swamped in soup, especially when it's hot. "

― Rex Stout , Champagne for One (Nero Wolfe, #31)

4 " In a world that operates largely at random, coincidences are to be expected, but any one of them must always be mistrusted. "

― Rex Stout , Champagne for One (Nero Wolfe, #31)

5 " You can't dance cheerfully. Dancing is too important. It can be wild or solemn or gay or lewd or art for art's sake, but it can't be cheerful. "

― Rex Stout , Champagne for One (Nero Wolfe, #31)

6 " I have undertaken to to find an explanation for something that can't possibly be explained-Nero Wolfe "

― Rex Stout , Champagne for One (Nero Wolfe, #31)

7 " Archie.'
'Yes, sir.'
'Do I ever intrude in your private affairs?'
'Yes, sir. Frequently. But you think you don't, so go right ahead. "

― Rex Stout , Champagne for One (Nero Wolfe, #31)

8 " Killing good champagne with junk like sugar and bitters and lemon peel is of course a common crime, but the soda water was adding horror to homicide. "

― Rex Stout , Champagne for One (Nero Wolfe, #31)

9 " You are headstrong and I am magisterial. Our tolerance of each other is a constantly recurring miracle. "

― Rex Stout , Champagne for One (Nero Wolfe, #31)