A girl’s best friend is her mutter.
DOROTHY PARKERThere’s a hell of a distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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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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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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Vice is nice, but liquor is quicker.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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Writing well is the best revenge.
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I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.
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I hate almost all rich people, but I think I’d be darling at it.
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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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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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Los Angeles: Seventy-two suburbs in search of a city.
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The cleverest woman on earth is the biggest fool on earth with a man.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
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Writing is the art of applying the ass to the seat.
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