Quote#War
Once in pre-war days, when curiously-bonneted women drivers were…
Quote byAlexander Woollcott · 1887–1943
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "The Paris Taxi-Driver Considered as an Artist," in Enchanted Aisles (1924)..
English (original)
Once in pre-war days, when curiously-bonneted women drivers were familiar sights at the taxi-wheels, I cried out to one in my dismay: "Is there no speed limit in this mad city?" "Oh, yes, monsieur," she answered sweetly over her shoulder, "but no one has ever succeeded in reaching it."
— Alexander Woollcott
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