The loudest psalm singer in the congregation always is a reformed sinner. Elsa Maxwell More Quotes by Elsa Maxwell More Quotes From Elsa Maxwell Anatomize the character of a successful hostess and the knife will lay bare the fact that she owes her position to one of three things: either she is liked, or she is feared, or she is important. Elsa Maxwell knivessuccessfulcharacter The secret of my success is that no woman has ever been jealous of me. Elsa Maxwell jealous-of-mejealoussecret Giving parties is a trivial avocation, but it pays the dues for my union card in humanity. Elsa Maxwell partyhumanitygiving The cocktail party is easily the worst invention since castor oil Elsa Maxwell cocktailsoilparty To get fifty people to a cocktail party in New York, you ask one hundred. In Hollywood, you invite twenty. Elsa Maxwell partynew-yorkpeople don't try for wit. Settle for humor. You'll last longer. Elsa Maxwell settlinglaststrying Down with boredom. It has to go. Elsa Maxwell boredom People who have escaped from poverty are like old soldiers. In later years they recount the little, amusing incidents that happened infrequently, and conveniently forget the long, unrelieved stretches of misery and boredom. Elsa Maxwell longpeopleyears [On the British Museum:] It was manifestly impossible to read all the books in that huge, gloomy structure, but I made a good try and accumulated a fund of useless information guaranteed to cast a pall over any dinner table. Elsa Maxwell tryingmuseumsbook What is a bore? Maxwell definition: a vacuum cleaner of society, sucking up everything and giving nothing. How do you spot one? Bores are always anxious to be seen talking to you. Elsa Maxwell bores-youtalkinggiving Cocktails are society's most enduring invention! Elsa Maxwell cocktailscookingfood Someone said that life is a party. You join in after it's started and leave before it's finished. Elsa Maxwell life-is-asomeoneyoulife Existence is a party. You join after its started and you leave before its finished. Elsa Maxwell leaveyouexistenceparty 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 nothingyousocietygiving
