There is no exception to the rule that every rule…

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If I have sometimes seemed to make fun of Woman, I assure you it has only been for the purpose of egging her on. - View Quote Details on If I have sometimes seemed to make fun of Woman,…
We all know that the theater and every play that comes to Broadway have within themselves, like the human being, the seed of self-destruction and the certainty of death. The thing is to see how long the theater, the play, and the human being can last in spite of themselves. - View Quote Details on We all know that the theater and every play that…
Laughter need not be cut out of anything, since it improves everything. - View Quote Details on Laughter need not be cut out of anything, since it…
A lady of forty-seven who had been married twenty-seven years and has six children knows what love really is and once described it for me like this: ‘Love is what you’ve been through with somebody.’ - View Quote Details on A lady of forty-seven who had been married twenty-seven years…
I used to wake up at 4 A.M. and start sneezing, sometimes for five hours. I tried to find out what sort of allergy I had but finally came to the conclusion that it must be an allergy to consciousness. - View Quote Details on I used to wake up at 4 A.M. and start…
The chill Miss Trent has her men frustrated to a point at which a mortal male would smack her little mouth, so smooth, so firm, so free of nicotine, alcohol and emotion. - View Quote Details on The chill Miss Trent has her men frustrated to a…
There is something about a poet which leads us to believe that he died, in many cases, as long as 20 years before his birth. - View Quote Details on There is something about a poet which leads us to…
All right, have it your way - you heard a seal bark! - View Quote Details on All right, have it your way - you heard a…
I hate women because they always know where things are. - View Quote Details on I hate women because they always know where things are.
I loathe the expression “What makes him tick.” It is the American mind, looking for simple and singular solution, that uses the foolish expression. A person not only ticks, he also chimes and strikes the hour, falls and breaks and has to be put together again, and sometimes stops like an electric clock in a thunderstorm. - View Quote Details on I loathe the expression “What makes him tick.” It is…