33 Quotes by Alice Duer Miller

They make other nations seem pale and flighty, But they do think England is God almighty, And you must remind them now and then That other countries breed other men.

People love to talk but hate to listen.

It's been my experience, Charlotte, that the crisis never comes as or when you expect.

Silences, as every observer knows, have strange characteristics all their own - passionate silences, and hateful silences, and silences full of friendly, purring content.

Rare indeed is the nature that does not become a little more intense when its own affairs come under discussion.

Hate is perhaps the most dynamic of all emotions - fear may immobilize, love may stay the hand, but hate urges to action ...

No one really believes in equality who's on top.

It is always difficult for a woman to be grateful for a form of chivalry that seems to be based on the premise that she is a moron.

In a world where England is finished and dead: I do not wish to live.