The cocktail party... is a device either for getting rid of social obligations hurriedly en masse or for making overtures toward more serious social relationships, as in the etiquette of whoring.
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The perfect bureaucrat everywhere is the man who manages to make no decisions and escape all responsibility.
People everywhere enjoy believing things that they know are not true. It spares them the ordeal of thinking for themselves and taking responsibility for what they know.
This quote is just one of 10 total Brooks Atkinson quotes in our collection. Brooks Atkinson is known for saying 'The cocktail party... is a device either for getting rid of social obligations hurriedly en masse or for making overtures toward more serious social relationships, as in the etiquette of whoring.' as well as some of the following quotes.