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.
DOROTHY PARKERMen seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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If all the young ladies who attended the Yale promenade dance were laid end to end, no one would be the least surprised.
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I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.
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I don’t mind anything that’s written about me, as long as it’s not true.
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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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He is a writer for the ages, the ages of four to eight.
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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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Drink and dance and laugh and lie, Love, the reeling midnight through, For tomorrow we shall die! (But, alas, we never do.)
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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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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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Ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
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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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A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.
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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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Don’t feel bad when I die; I’ve been dead for a long time.
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