Elsa Maxwell quotes

Nothing spoils a good party like a genius. (Elsa Maxwell)

Serve the dinner backward, do anything - but for goodness sake, do something weird.

Elsa Maxwell

I make enemies deliberately. They are the sauce piquante to my dish of life.

Elsa Maxwell

Bores put you in a mental cemetery while you are still walking.

Elsa Maxwell

Under pressure, people admit to murder, setting fire to the village church or robbing a bank, but never to being bores.

Elsa Maxwell

The secret of my success is that no woman has ever been jealous of me.

Elsa Maxwell

Laugh at yourself first, before anyone else can.

Elsa Maxwell

I don't hate anyone. I dislike. But my dislike is the equivalent of anyone else's hate.

Elsa Maxwell

Giving parties is a trivial avocation, but it pays the dues for my union card in humanity.

Elsa Maxwell

Seeing unhappiness in the marriage of friends, I was content to have chosen music and laughter as a substitute for a husband.

Elsa Maxwell

A bore is a vacuum cleaner of society, sucking up everything and giving nothing. Bores are always eager to be seen talking to you. (Elsa Maxwell)

Someone said that life is a party. You join in after it's started and leave before it's finished.

Elsa Maxwell

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Occupation: American Writer
Born: May 24, 1883
Died: November 1, 1963
Quotes count: 12
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