If you want to know what God thinks about money, just look at the people He gives it to.
DOROTHY PARKERConstant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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If all the girls attending [the Yale prom] were laid end to end, I wouldn’t be at all surprised.
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I know this will come as a shock to you, Mr. Goldwyn, but in all history, which has held billions and billions of human beings, not a single one ever had a happy ending.
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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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Said after she had been seriously ill: The doctors were very brave about it.
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This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.
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Years are only garments, and you either wear them with style all your life, or else you go dowdy to the grave.
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Los Angeles: Seventy-two suburbs in search of a city.
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Never throw mud: you can miss the target, but your hands will remain dirty.
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[On the ringing of her doorbell or telephone:] What fresh hell is this?
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A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.
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I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it’s so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.
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Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye.
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Don’t feel bad when I die; I’ve been dead for a long time.
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Honesty means nothing until you are tested under circumstances where you are sure you could get away with dishonesty.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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