Alexander Woollcott Quotes

"All the things I really like to do are either immoral, illegal or fattening."
- Alexander Woollcott

"Everything I like is either illegal, immoral or fattening."
- Alexander Woollcott

"I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work. We are supposed to work it."
- Alexander Woollcott
(Related: Work, Democracy, Hearing)

"It comes from the likes of you! Take what you can get! Grab the chances as they come along! Act in hallways! Sing in doorways! Dance in cellars!"
- Alexander Woollcott
(Related: Dance, Act)

"Many of us spend half of our time wishing for things we could have if we didn't spend half our time wishing."
- Alexander Woollcott
(Related: Time, Wishing)

"Nothing risque, nothing gained."
- Alexander Woollcott
(Related: Nothing)

"The English have an extraordinary ability for flying into a great calm."
- Alexander Woollcott
(Related: Ability, English, Flying)

"There is no such thing in anyone's life as an unimportant day."
- Alexander Woollcott
(Related: Life, Day)

"His huff arrived and he departed in it."
- Alexander Woollcott

"At 83 Shaw's mind was perhaps not quite as good as it used to be, but it was still better than anyone else's."
- Alexander Woollcott
(Related: Mind)