Under pressure, people admit to murder, setting fire to the village church or robbing a bank, but never to being bores.
About Elsa Maxwell
Elsa Maxwellwas an American gossip columnist and author, songwriter, screenwriter, radio personality and professional hostess renowned for her parties for royalty and high society figures of her day.
Maxwell is credited with the introduction of the scavenger hunt and treasure hunt for use as party games in the modern era.
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I make enemies deliberately. They are the sauce piquante to my dish of life.
American gossip columnist, author, songwriter, and hostess
Giving parties is a trivial avocation, but it pays the dues for my union card in humanity.
American gossip columnist, author, songwriter, and hostess
Seeing unhappiness in the marriage of friends, I was content to have chosen music and laughter as a substitute for a husband.
American gossip columnist, author, songwriter, and hostess
Bores put you in a mental cemetery while you are still walking.
American gossip columnist, author, songwriter, and hostess
Under pressure, people admit to murder, setting fire to the village church or robbing a bank, but never to being bores.
American gossip columnist, author, songwriter, and hostess
I don’t hate anyone. I dislike. But my dislike is the equivalent of anyone else’s hate.
American gossip columnist, author, songwriter, and hostess
Someone said that life is a party. You join in after it’s started and leave before it’s finished.
American gossip columnist, author, songwriter, and hostess
Existence is a party. You join after its started and you leave before its finished.
American gossip columnist, author, songwriter, and hostess
Serve the dinner backward, do anything – but for goodness sake, do something weird.
American gossip columnist, author, songwriter, and hostess
A bore is a vacuum cleaner of society, sucking up everything and giving nothing. Bores are always eager to be seen talking to you.
American gossip columnist, author, songwriter, and hostess