He is a writer for the ages, the ages of four to eight.
DOROTHY PARKEROf course I talk to myself. I like a good speaker, and I appreciate an intelligent audience.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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Genius can write on the back of old envelopes but mere talent requires the finest stationery available.
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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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Time may be a great healer, but it’s a lousy beautician.
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Quick!! Act as if nothing has happened!
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Never throw mud: you can miss the target, but your hands will remain dirty.
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Should they whisper false of you, Never trouble to deny; Should the words they say be true, Weep and storm and say they lie.
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If all the girls attending [the Yale prom] were laid end to end, I wouldn’t be at all surprised.
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You can’t teach an old dogma new tricks.
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There is entirely too much charm around, and something must be done to stop it.
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What ever beauty may be it has for its basis order and for its essence unity Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.
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Where unwilling dies the rose; buds the new another year.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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Now, look, baby, ‘Union’ is spelled with 5 letters. It is not a four-letter word.
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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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