Those who have mastered etiquette, who are entirely, impeccably right, would seem to arrive at a point of exquisite dullness.
DOROTHY PARKERHe is a writer for the ages, the ages of four to eight.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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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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I can’t write five words but that I change seven.
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If you don’t have anything nice to say, come sit by me.
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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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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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I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.
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But I don’t give up; I forget why not.
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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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Bewildered is the fox who lives to find that grapes beyond reach can be really sour.
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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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A liberal is a man who leaves the room before the fight starts.
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All I say is, nobody has any business to go around looking like a horse and behaving as if it were all right. You don’t catch horses going around looking like people, do you?
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His voice was as intimate as the rustle of sheets.
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Don’t feel bad when I die; I’ve been dead for a long time.
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