That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
DOROTHY PARKERMen seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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If you want to know what God thinks about money, just look at the people He gives it to.
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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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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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Of course I talk to myself. I like a good speaker, and I appreciate an intelligent audience.
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Never throw mud: you can miss the target, but your hands will remain dirty.
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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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I don’t know much about being a millionaire, but I’ll bet I’d be darling at it.
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And if my heart be scarred and burned, The safer, I, for all I learned.
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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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Quick!! Act as if nothing has happened!
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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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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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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
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