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Alexander Woollcott Quotes - Page 2

Once in pre-war days, when curiously-bonneted women drivers were familiar sights at the taxi-wheels, I cried out to one in my dismay: Is there no speed limit in this mad city? Oh, yes, monsieur, she answered sweetly

Once in pre-war days, when curiously-bonneted women drivers were familiar sights at the taxi-wheels, I cried out to one in my dismay: "Is there no speed limit in this mad city?" "Oh, yes, monsieur," she answered sweetly over her shoulder, "but no one has ever succeeded in reaching it."

Alexander Woollcott
War, Sight, Cities
"The Paris Taxi-Driver Considered as an Artist". "Enchanted Aisles". Book by Alexander Woollcott, 1924.

Babies in silk hats playing with dynamite.

Alexander Woollcott
Baby, Government, Hats

Germany was the cause of Hitler as much as Chicago is responsible for the Chicago Tribune.

Alexander Woollcott
Cities, Chicago, Germany
Radio broadcast, 23 Jan. 1943.Woollcott's last words before the microphone.

There's nothing wrong with Oscar Levant - nothing a miracle won't cure.

Alexander Woollcott
Art, Miracle, Oscars

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