Elsa Maxwell Quotes

United States, Writer
May 24, 1883 – November, 1, 1963.

Elsa Maxwell (May 24, 1883 – November 1, 1963) was an American gossip columnist and author, songwriter, and professional hostess renowned for her parties for royalty and high society figures of her day.

I don't hate anyone. I dislike. But my dislike is the equivalent of anyone else's hate.

Elsa Maxwell
- Hate
Seeing unhappiness in the marriage of friends, I was content to have chosen music and laughter as a substitute for a husband.

Elsa Maxwell
- Music
- Friends
- Marriage

Giving parties is a trivial avocation, but it pays the dues for my union card in humanity.

Elsa Maxwell
- Giving
- Humanity
Under pressure, people admit to murder, setting fire to the village church or robbing a bank, but never to being bores.

Elsa Maxwell
- People
- Church
- Fire
Someone said that life is a party. You join in after it's started and leave before it's finished.

Elsa Maxwell
- Life
- Party
Bores put you in a mental cemetery while you are still walking.

Elsa Maxwell
- Walking
Existence is a party. You join after its started and you leave before its finished.

Elsa Maxwell
- Party
I make enemies deliberately. They are the sauce piquante to my dish of life.

Elsa Maxwell
- Life

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

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

Elsa Maxwell
- Up
- Society
- Giving