Many of us spend half our time wishing for things we could have if we didn’t spend half our time wishing.
—Alexander Woollcott
I’m tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn’t work. Of course it doesn’t work. We are supposed to work it
—Alexander Woollcott
Topics: Government
All the things I really like to do are either immoral, illegal, or fattening.
—Alexander Woollcott
Topics: Pleasure
There is no such thing in anyone’s life as an unimportant day.
—Alexander Woollcott
Topics: Living, The Present, Present
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