Don’t feel bad when I die; I’ve been dead for a long time.
DOROTHY PARKERThe cleverest woman on earth is the biggest fool on earth with a man.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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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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I’d like to have money. And I’d like to be a good writer. These two can come together, and I hope they will, but if that’s too adorable, I’d rather have money.
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It’s not the tragedies that kill us; it’s the messes.
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Time may be a great healer, but it’s a lousy beautician.
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They tire of quiet, that have known the storm
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If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second-greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first-greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they’re happy.
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I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.
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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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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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If you looked for things to make you feel hurt and wretched and unnecessary, you were certain to find them.
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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.
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A liberal is a man who leaves the room before the fight starts.
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Telegram to a friend who had just become a mother after a prolonged pregnancy: Good work, Mary. We all knew you had it in you.
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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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