"One [martini] is all right, two is too many, three is not enough."
— James Thurber

January 1, 1970

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Original Language: English
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German: "Ein Martini ist genau richtig. Zwei sind zu viele. Drei sind nicht genug."

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Quoted in Time "People, Aug. 15, 1960" (New York, 15 August 1960) from an interview with Glenna Syse of the '.