Alexander Woollcott Quotes

Nothing risque, nothing gained.

Alexander Woollcott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 19, 1887 - January 23, 1943

Topics

NothingGained

I'm not going to put myself in a box.

Andra Day

MyselfBoxGoingPut

I've always zoomed through life in a vain attempt to keep up with my sprinting brain. If I have to choose between doing something quickly and doing it right, I often select the speedier option.

Megan McCafferty

LifeBrainDoingChooseRightUp

Up there with my awards, I have a great big statue of Groucho Marx, just to put everything in perspective.

John Lithgow

GreatPerspectiveAwardsEverything

I've only got one wrinkle, and I'm sitting on it.

Jeanne Calment

SittingGotOnlyWrinkle

I think there has to be an empathic strike between the reader and the protagonist. There has to be something said or known that connects the reader to this person you're going to ride through the story with.

Michael Connelly

RideStoryThinkYouPersonSaid

I'm mostly retired. Now I'm a mother with a really noisy, difficult house to maintain!

Mia Sara

MotherHouseNowDifficultMaintain

I see people with laptops as being enslaved to something they can't live without.

Stephen Rea

LivePeopleSeeWithoutI SeeBeing

I've learned to relax more. Everybody feels pressure in what they do, maybe mine is just a little different because there doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day to accomplish what I want to.

Tom Cruise

DayRelaxPressureEnoughAccomplish

Cable would not translate into the public radio universe.

Juan Williams

UniverseRadioWouldPublicCable

My first real television-watching experience was when I watched 'L.A. Law,' like, at 10 o'clock Thursday nights with my parents. They would let me stay up late.

Jonathan Levine

ExperienceParentsMeLawLateReal

I'm a big supporter of the military simply because I'm the daughter of a Polish immigrant who fled Europe during World War II from Poland and lied about his age to join the Army simply because he was proud to be an American. And who isn't?

Cindy Morgan

DaughterAgeWarWorldProudArmy

I don't know the figures, but Hollywood must buy 100 rights for every movie that actually gets made.

Bryan Burrough

KnowHollywoodRightsBuyMustMade

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