The scenery was beautiful, but the actors got in front of it.
Alexander WoollcottThe two oldest professions in the world — ruined by amateurs.
Alexander WoollcottOnce in pre-war days, when curiously-bonneted women drivers were familiar sights at the taxi-wheels, I cried out to one in my dismay: "Is there no speed limit in this mad city?""Oh, yes, monsieur," she answered sweetly over her shoulder, "but no one has ever succeeded in reaching it."
Alexander WoollcottAll the things I really like to do are either illegal, immoral, or fattening.
Alexander WoollcottAt 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 WoollcottI have no need of your God-damned sympathy. I only wish to be entertained by some of your grosser reminiscences.
Alexander Woollcott[You look like] a dishonest Abe Lincoln.
Alexander WoollcottI must get out of these wet clothes and into a dry martini.
Alexander Woollcott