54 Quotes by Brooks Atkinson

As thought it is a contribution to public knowledge. As drama it is vivid and bold.

Ethel Waters, the flaming tower of dusky regality, who knows how to make a song stand on tiptoe.

The cocktail party... is a device either for getting rid of social obligations hurriedly en masse or for making overtures toward more serious social relationships, as in the etiquette of whoring.

Say “Yes” to the seedlings and a giant forest cleaves the sky. Say “Yes” to the universe and the planets become your neighbors. Say “Yes” to dreams of love and freedom. It is the password to utopia.

I have no objections to churches so long as they do not interfere with God’s work.

Don’t be condescending to unskilled labor. Try it for a half a day first.

Don't be condescending to unkilled labor. Try it for a half a day first.

Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect and thank God that it can go.

The most fatal illusion is the settled point of view. Life is growth and motion; a fixed point of view kills anybody who has one.