Charles Ritz
Charles C. Ritz (August 1, 1891 – July 11, 1976) was a French hotelier and fly fishing specialist.
Famous quotes containing the words charles and/or ritz:
“Im down here all alone, but as happy as a kingat least, as happy as some kingsat any rate, I should think Im about as happy as King Charles the First when he was in prison.”
—Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (18321898)
“Id take the bus downtown with my mother, and the big thing was to sit at the counter and get an orange drink and a tuna sandwich on toast. I thought I was living large!... When I was at the Ritz with the publisher a few months ago, I did think, Oh my God, Im in the Ritz tearoom. ... The person who was so happy to sit at the Woolworths counter is now sitting at the Ritz, listening to the harp, and wondering what tea to order.... [ellipsis in source] Am I awake?”
—Connie Porter (b. 1959)