Liz Smith Quotations

One of the best parts of growing older? You can flirt all you like since you've become harmless.

The marriage didn't work out but the separation is great.

The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you can only do a little. Do what you can.

Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.

All weddings, except those with shotguns in evidence, are wonderful.

Gossip is news running ahead of itself in a red satin dress.

You can't build a reputation on what you intend to do.

To deny we need and want power is to deny that we hope to be effective.

Charlton Heston announced again today that he is suffering from Alzheimer's.

Do not join encounter groups. If you enjoy being made to feel inadequate, call your mother.

Gossip is just news running ahead of itself in a red satin dress.

No matter who you are or what you plan to do in life, learn to type!

wonderful way to cultivate friendships and give those in Medford a view of the outside world.

One of the best parts of growing older? You can flirt all you like since youve become harmless.

He is going to start running my column, or a version of it, in September.

We took all the technological know-how that we had and took all the things women complained about and married the two.

Good gossip is just what's going on. Bad gossip is stuff that is salacious, mean, and bitchy; the kind most people really enjoy.

I was introduced to Sean Penn by a very famous Hollywood agent. He said, 'Sean, I'd like you to meet Liz Smith.' And Sean Penn looked at me, turned, ran down the hall and went -- left the building.

I thought Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers were here dancing on black glass floors. And I thought everything was here. My idol, Walter Winchell was here.

which butchered my column. I feel like it never really appeared in L.A. before.

There was no thought on the government's part about who was going to help these people.

Its like the old economic theory about money ? bad gossip, it seems, drives out good gossip. We get every detail of the dress that the latest anorexic bombshell on the red carpet is wearing. We know entirely too much about these people.

Do not join encounter groups. If you enjoy being made to feel inadequate, call your mother.

That's slander, and we all know that's against one of the Ten Commandments -- bearing false witness.

It's certainly not my hope I'm replacing the irreplaceable Army. I've known him forever. He's a great, great guy.

It's very hard for small businesses to adhere to all these things and still survive.

I try to keep prices in control as best I can. This is a little business that brings pleasure to people.

The neat thing about (the Teen Center) for those girls is that they both lived in Rio Dell and had mentioned to me how they really appreciated having somewhere to come after school while their parents were still at work.

I mean he did this over and over again. He, he helped make me famous.

If you're at a party, and you say to somebody, 'Isn't it hot outside?' then how interesting are you? But if you say, 'Sit down, I'm going to tell you a story that'll knock your socks off,' they'll never forget you.

You know, I've known most of these people either well or slightly. And I think they're pretty terrific. I, even I had good experiences with Joan Crawford and Bette Davis, who were, you know, talk about divas. They were divas.