He is a writer for the ages, the ages of four to eight.
DOROTHY PARKERDrink and dance and laugh and lie, Love, the reeling midnight through, For tomorrow we shall die! (But, alas, we never do.)
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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The only dependable law of life – everything is always worse than you thought it was going to be.
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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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Maybe it is only I, but conditions are such these days, that if you use studiously correct grammar, people suspect you of homosexual tendencies.
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Genius can write on the back of old envelopes but mere talent requires the finest stationery available.
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If you wear a short enough skirt, the party will come to you.
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This is me apologizing. I am a fool, a bird-brain, a liar and a horse-thief. I wouldn’t touch a superlative again with an umbrella.
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The only “ism” Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.
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Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away.
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I don’t know much about being a millionaire, but I’ll bet I’d be darling at it.
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A liberal is a man who leaves the room before the fight starts.
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There is entirely too much charm around, and something must be done to stop 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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Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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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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