Quotes from Virginia Graham

There are some composers - at the head of whom stands Beethoven - who not only do not know when to stop but appear to stop many times before they actually do.

In society it is etiquette for ladies to have the best chairs and get handed things. In the home the reverse is the case. This is why ladies are more sociable than gentlemen.

When some people retire, it's going to be mighty hard to be able to tell the difference.

... for some of us life always comes C.O.D.

Good shot, bad luck and hell are the five basic words to be used in a game of tennis, though these, of course, can be slightly amplified.

Maturity gives us jealous eyes. We look with jealousy on the younger woman because she doesn't know as much now as we do, and, oh, what we could do with our wisdom and her face.

when we travel, most of us take too much. I always work on the assumption that I'm going to take everything with me because I don't want the second wife to have anything if the plane crashes.

Good shot, bad luck, and hell are the five basic words to be used in a game of tennis, though these, of course, can be slightly amplified.

For a driver to be driven by somebody else is always an ordeal, for there are only three types of drivers; the too fast, the timid and oneself.

Somewhere there must be women reading books, and talking of chicken rissoles to their cooks … (from,'Somewhere in England')

In society it is etiquette for ladies to have the best chairs and get handed things, In the home the reverse is the case. That is why ladies are more sociable than gentlemen.

You cannot find comfort in ducks. Stoop to look into those beady brown eyes, and they will tell you nothing. - The Bridge, St. James's Park

Say something idiotic and nobody but a dog politely wags his tail.