If all the young ladies who attended the Yale promenade dance were laid end to end, no one would be the least surprised.
DOROTHY PARKERNow I know the things I know, and I do the things I do; and if you do not like me so, to hell, my love, with you!
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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A girl’s best friend is her mutter.
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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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People ought to be one of two things, young or dead.
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The only useful thing I ever learned in school was that if you spit on your eraser it erased ink.
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The Monte Carlo casino refused to admit me until I was properly dressed so I went and found my stockings, and then came back and lost my shirt.
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They tire of quiet, that have known the storm
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It was written without fear and without research.
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It turns out that, at social gatherings, as a source of entertainment, conviviality, and good fun, I rank somewhere between a sprig of parsley and a single ice-skate.
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A liberal is a man who leaves the room before the fight starts.
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The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires.
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Writing well is the best revenge.
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If I didn’t care for fun and such, I’d probably amount to much. But I shall stay the way I am, Because I do not give a damn.
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Don’t look at me in that tone of voice.
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Women and elephants never forget.
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It’s not the tragedies that kill us; it’s the messes.
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