Alexander Woolcott quotes – snarky theater critic and writer. Even if you don’t recognize his name, you’ll definitely recognize one of his quotes below. Enjoy!
- “All the things I really like to do are either immoral, illegal, or fattening.”
- “I’m tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn’t work. Of course it doesn’t work. We are supposed to work it.”
- “Many of us spend half of our time wishing for things we could have if we didn’t spend half our time wishing.”
- “Germany was the cause of Hitler as much as Chicago is responsible for the Chicago Tribune.”
- “There is no such thing in anyone’s life as an unimportant day.”
- “His huff arrived and he departed in it.”
- “A hick town is one where there is no place to go where you shouldn’t go.”
- “The English have an extraordinary ability for flying into a great calm.”
- “At 83, George Bernard Shaw‘s mind was perhaps not quite as good as it used to be, but it was still better than anyone else’s.”
- “I have no need of your God-damned sympathy. I only wish to be entertained by some of your grosser reminiscences.”
- “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!”