“My parents took us to dinner but we came back early. Tomorrow was to be a day of days and we must… — Cornelia Otis Skinner Beauty Copy Share Image
Tragedy can break the heart but not the dam of the tearducts while schmaltz can dissolve the most hardened sophisticate. — Cornelia Otis Skinner Break Copy Share Image
The reason for the scaffolding on the tower of Saint Germain-des-Près is that a rich American has purchased it and is having… — Cornelia Otis Skinner Paris Copy Share Image
“To Mr. Blot, who went through life an unconscious example of the raison d'être of the British Empire, a shipwreck was merely… — Cornelia Otis Skinner British empire Copy Share Image
To cement a new friendship, especially between foreigners or persons of a different social world, a spark with which both were secretly… — Cornelia Otis Skinner Accidents Copy Share Image
The French have no such expression as 'killing time.' In their more philosophical vocabulary the term is 'passing time,' which means savoring… — Cornelia Otis Skinner Battle Copy Share Image
Emily and I have now reached the time in life when not only do we lie about our ages, we forget what… — Cornelia Otis Skinner Age Copy Share Image
Women have a special corner of their hearts for sins they have never committed. — Cornelia Otis Skinner Women Copy Share Image
There are compensations for growing older. One is the realization that to be sporting isn't at all necessary. It is a great… — Cornelia Otis Skinner Age Copy Share Image
There is no English equivalent for the French word flâneur. Cassell's dictionary defines flâneur as a stroller, saunterer, drifter but none of… — Cornelia Otis Skinner Accurate Copy Share Image
Courtesy is fine and heaven knows we need more and more of it in a rude and frenetic world, but mechanized courtesy… — Cornelia Otis Skinner Courtesy Copy Share Image
All I have learned about horses is that they are beautiful overrated creatures and are all born quite insane. — Cornelia Otis Skinner Beautiful Copy Share Image
Public opinion which, to be sure, can at times be helpful, must never for an instant swerve us from what we know… — Cornelia Otis Skinner Art Copy Share Image
We all have our little illusions about our own mental abilities. — Cornelia Otis Skinner Ability Copy Share Image
It's not that I don't want to be a beauty, that I don't yearn to be dripping with glamour. It's just that… — Cornelia Otis Skinner Beautiful Copy Share Image
Women keep a special corner of their hearts for sins they have never committed. — Cornelia Otis Skinner Committed Copy Share Image
... I have always fallen for ads. The sweetheart of J. Walter Thompson, I have a peasant-like belief in whatever miracle they… — Cornelia Otis Skinner Ads Copy Share Image
That food has always been, and will continue to be, the basis for one of our greater snobbism does not explain the… — Cornelia Otis Skinner Attitude Copy Share Image
It's as though some poor devil were to set out for a large dinner party with the knowledge that the following morning… — Cornelia Otis Skinner Devil Copy Share Image
That amenity which the French have developed into a great art . . . conversation. — Cornelia Otis Skinner Amenities Copy Share Image
It is disturbing to discover in oneself these curious revelations of the validity of the Darwinian theory. If it is true that… — Cornelia Otis Skinner Apes Copy Share Image
