Alexander Woollcott Quotes
An American critic and journalist known for his involvement in the Algonquin Round Table and his writings in The New Yorker magazine.
(1887 - 1943)
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A hick town is one in which there is no place to go where you shouldn't be.
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All the things I really like to do are either immoral, illegal or fattening.
[Life]
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Always a godfather - never a god!
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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.
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Everything I like is either illegal, immoral or fattening.
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Germany was the cause of Hitler as much as Chicago is responsible for the Chicago Tribune.
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His huff arrived and he departed in it.
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I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work. We are supposed to work it.
[Government]
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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!
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Many of us spend half of our time wishing for things we could have if we didn't spend half our time wishing.
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Nothing risque, nothing gained.
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The English have an extraordinary ability for flying into a great calm.
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The scenery in the play was beautiful, but the actors got in front of it.
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There is no such thing in anyone's life as an unimportant day.
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To all things clergic I am allergic.
[Religion]
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