“Bores put you in a mental cemetery while you are still walking.” — Elsa Maxwell Quote

“Bores put you in a mental cemetery while you are still walking.”

“Under pressure, people admit to murder, setting fire to the village church or robbing a bank, but never to being bores.”

“Existence is a party. You join after its started and you leave before its finished.”

“I didn't want to look distinguished; I wanted to look fun, and also to fade into the street, into the King's Road. If I don't fade into a room at White's, that's fine. My father was chairman of Brooks' and the Beefsteak, and I was brought up in that life, and it bores me rigid.”

“I've had to listen to candidates tell me they are the most wonderful thing since the invention of sliced bread, and it bores me to death. It also makes me doubt that they are actually any good at all - plus it's an attitude that would never fly in the culture I've created in my company.”