There are compensations for growing older. One is the realization that to be sporting isn't at all necessary. It is a great relief to reach this stage of wisdom.
Cornelia Otis SkinnerThe French have no such expression as 'killing time.' In their more philosophical vocabulary the term is 'passing time,' which means savoring all moments of it each to his individual enjoyment. While we battle with time, they relax with tempo.
Cornelia Otis Skinner... I have always fallen for ads. The sweetheart of J. Walter Thompson, I have a peasant-like belief in whatever miracle they profess to effect.
Cornelia Otis SkinnerTragedy can break the heart but not the dam of the tearducts while schmaltz can dissolve the most hardened sophisticate.
Cornelia Otis Skinner