I hate almost all rich people, but I think I’d be darling at it.
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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I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it’s so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.
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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.
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I’m not a writer with a drinking problem, I’m a drinker with a writing problem.
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A girl’s best friend is her mutter.
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There’s a hell of a distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.
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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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Women and elephants never forget.
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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 cleverest woman on earth is the biggest fool on earth with a man.
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It was written without fear and without research.
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That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment.
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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.
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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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