Margery Wilson (October 31, 1896 – January 21, 1986), was an American actress and silent movie director. She appeared in 51 films between 1914 and 1939.
a diplomat. . . is not worthy of the name unless he can say 'no' and make the other person like it - or at least not be offended by it.
Charm lies in complete forgetfulness of self.
Speaking of opinions, the charming woman does not air hers very freely. The crude woman is eager to let you know what she thinks of every matter, person or object that bobs up. She comments on every passing item - even in public, as you may have noticed. Not only is it bad taste for her to be so desperately interested in her own reactions and opinions - but she throws away the precious aura of reserve and mystery that makes a woman attractive.
If you happen to find it hard to have sustained conversations, try keeping your voice up at the end of the sentence. There is a charming graciousness in doing so, for it seems to say that you do not think your remarks are the last words to be said on the subject. It prevents you from seeming opinionated. How men dislike an opinionated woman! No one really likes her! To keep your voice up sounds as though you are interested in other people's ideas. The subject is still open!
Probably one of the reasons why gushing is so unattractive is that it leaves nothing for the listener to do.
People make life. The more people, the more life.
So few people can think and talk at the same time.
Flirting is a cheap, dangerous shortcut to get something you can't hold after you get it.
Women will not, for many a year, perhaps never, descend again to the status of toys.
To be alive is sufficient evidence that we are needed in the world. Otherwise we wouldn't be here.
The steadily inward look leads us all to death, nations as well as persons, and is equally infantile in them all. Perhaps the most useful thing I have learned in my lifetime is that the process of maturing gradually turns the mind away from the small-self to the greater-self that is only served by serving others.
The very thing that seems to impede your progress can often be turned to account for you.
You can never be free from limitation until you are willing to recognize that you and you alone are responsible for what you are. After you have passed infancy you are not a victim of anything but your own thinking.
Life pulls at bewildered humanity in so many ways! Blessed is the woman who makes her life a career of stimulating the courage of others.
People will invite you and seek you constantly if you learn how to give them the extreme pleasure of being clever. People adore the one who encourages them to display their conversational wares and admires the display.
No one could have been more surprised than I at my successes, and yet deep within me there was acknowledgment that had I not succeeded, I would have been equally surprised.