Quotes by William E. Geist

Drawn by warm nostalgic feelings for the place and by two sweet little words: Open Bar.
– William E. Geist
George, a camel, stepped on the foot of a Rockette; six sheep came off the elevator as three kings bearing gifts got on; human Christmas trees bumped into eight maids-a-milking at the water cooler and an elf came down with the flu.
– William E. Geist
Grown men have been seen fleeing after reading the menu posted outside.
– William E. Geist
Kristin Brown looks as though she could have been mailed first-class to New York for about a dollar and a half.
– William E. Geist
New York is a city of conversations overheard, of people at the next restaurant table (micrometers away) checking your watch, of people reading the stories in your newspaper on the subway train.
– William E. Geist
Pressed caviar has the consistency of chilled tar.
– William E. Geist
Scrooge pushed past Mary number 1 and Joseph number 2 in the wings without so much as an excuse me. Typical.
– William E. Geist
The crack of a bat sounded amplified in cavernous Yankee Stadium, sprinkled lightly with fans on a cool September evening.
– William E. Geist
They used to have a fish on the menu that was smoked, grilled and peppered They did everything to this fish but pistol-whip it and dress it in Bermuda shorts.
– William E. Geist