Actions Quotes Logo

Alexander Woollcott Quotes

You haven't lived until you died in New York.

A hick town is one in which there is no place to go where you shouldn't be.

I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work. We are supposed...

Show More

It comes from the likes of you! Take what you can get! Grab the chances as they come along! Act in h...

Show More

Everything I like is either illegal, immoral or fattening.

All the things I really like to do are either immoral illegal or fattening.

The English have an extraordinary ability for flying into a great calm.

To all things clergic I am allergic.

Many of us spend half of our time wishing for things we could have if we didn't spend half our time ...

Show More

Always a godfather - never a god!

Related Authors

Picture of Alexander Woollcott

Alexander Woollcott

Critic

Born: 1887-01-19

Died: 1943-01-23

Alexander Woollcott (January 19, 1887 – January 23, 1943) was an American critic and journalist known for his involvement in the Algonquin Round Table and his writings in The New Yorker magazine.More