A perfect martini should be made by filling a glass with gin then waving it in the general direction of Italy.
It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
My importance to the world is relatively small. On the other hand, my importance to myself is tremendous. I am all I have to work with, to play with, to suffer and to enjoy. It is not the eyes of others that I am wary of, but of my own. I do not intend to let myself down more than I can possibly help, and I find that the fewer illusions I have about myself or the world around me, the better company I am for myself.
Never trust a man with short legs. His brains are too near his bottom.
Work hard, do the best you can, don't ever lose faith in yourself and take no notice of what other people say about you.
You will know you're old when you cease to be amazed.
I love criticism just so long as it's unqualified praise.
Just say the lines and don't trip over the furniture.
Familiarity breeds contempt, but without a little familiarity it's impossible to breed anything.
Grab it while you can — grab every scrap of happiness while you can
It's never too early for a cocktail.
Wit is like caviar - it should be served in small portions and not spread about like marmalade.
She stopped the show - but then the show wasn't traveling very fast.
It is my considered opinion that the human race (soi disant) is cruel, idiotic, sentimental, predatory, ungrateful, ugly, conceited and egocentric to the last ditch and that the occasional discovery of an isolated exception is as deliciously surprising as finding a sudden brazil nut in what you know to be five pounds of vanilla creams. These glorious moments, although not making life actually worth living, perhaps, at least make it pleasanter.
Consider the public. Never fear it nor despise it. Coax it, charm it, interest it, stimulate it, shock it now and then if you must, make it laugh, make it cry, but above all never, never, never bore the living hell out of it.
Conceit is an outward manifestation of inferiority.
Why do I drink Champagne for breakfast? Doesn't everyone?
The higher the building the lower the morals.
Criticism and Bolshevism have one thing in common. They both seek to pull down that which they could never build.
To take a gloomy view of life is not part of my philosophy; to laugh at the idiocies of my fellow creatures is. However, at this particular moment I cannot find so much to laugh at as I would like.
Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade.
Work is much more fun than fun.
People are wrong when they say opera is not what it used to be. It is what it used to be. That is what's wrong with it.
We have no reliable guarantee that the afterlife will be any less exasperating than this one, have we?
I'm not a heavy drinker, I can sometimes go for hours without touching a drop.
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