Quotes by Elsa Maxwell

“Serve the dinner backward, do anything-but for goodness sake, do something weird.”

“Someone said that life is a party. You join in after its started and leave before its finished.”

“Laugh at yourself first, before anyone else can”

“Under pressure, people admit to murder, setting fire to the village church or robbing a bank, but never to being bores.”

“I make enemies deliberately. They are the sauce piquante to my dish of life.”

“Bores put you in a mental cemetery while you are still walking.”

“The cocktail party is easily the worst invention since castor oil”

“A bore is a vacuum cleaner of society, sucking up everything and giving nothing. Bores are always eager to be seen talking to you.”

“I dont hate anyone. I dislike. But my dislike is the equivalent of anyone elses hate.”

“Seeing unhappiness in the marriage of friends, I was content to have chosen music and laughter as a substitute for a husband.”

Etiquette-a fancy word for simple kindness.

Serve the dinner backward, do anything - but for goodness sake, do something weird.