Life is the best party I've ever been invited to.

- Arlene Francis

Self-love is so monogamous that no one is going to take the trouble to break the affair up for you.

- Arlene Francis

apathy is about as near to the undertaker as you can get.

- Arlene Francis

It is perfectly logical and proper to recognize differences between races and colors and creeds - as long as we don't classify them as being better o…

- Arlene Francis

There is nothing more boring than a bored person.

- Arlene Francis

If there's anything intolerance can't tolerate, it's ridicule!

- Arlene Francis

It is almost axiomatic that the best conversationalist is really the best listener.

- Arlene Francis

Trouble is a sieve through which we sift our acquaintances. Those too big to pass through are our friends.

- Arlene Francis

Charm might be described as enlightened self-interest, a development of one's best self. ... In the simplest possible terms, I think genuine charm is…

- Arlene Francis