Quotes by Liz Smith

• Charlton Heston announced again today that he is suffering from Alzheimer's.
• What you become is what counts.
• To deny we need and want power is to deny that we hope to be effective.
• 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.
• One of the best parts of growing older? You can flirt all you like since you've become harmless.
• No matter who you are or what you plan to do in life, learn to type!
• Gossip is news running ahead of itself in a red satin dress.
• Gossip is just news running ahead of itself in a red satin dress.
• Do not join encounter groups. If you enjoy being made to feel inadequate, call your mother.
• Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.
• All weddings, except those with shotguns in evidence, are wonderful.
• You can't build a reputation on what you intend to do.
• Good gossip is just what's going on. Bad gossip is stuff that is salacious, mean, and bitchy; the kind most people really enjoy.