If all the girls attending [the Yale prom] were laid end to end, I wouldn’t be at all surprised.
DOROTHY PARKERA liberal is a man who leaves the room before the fight starts.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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I know this will come as a shock to you, Mr. Goldwyn, but in all history, which has held billions and billions of human beings, not a single one ever had a happy ending.
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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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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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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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Ducking for apples — change one letter and it’s the story of my life.
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I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.
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The writer’s way is rough and lonely, and who would choose it while there are vacancies in more gracious professions, such as, say, cleaning out ferryboats?
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Now, look, baby, ‘Union’ is spelled with 5 letters. It is not a four-letter word.
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Don’t look at me in that tone of voice.
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The only useful thing I ever learned in school was that if you spit on your eraser it erased ink.
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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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[On being shown an apartment by a real estate agent:] Oh, dear, that’s much too big. All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.
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I like best to have one book in my hand, and a stack of others on the floor beside me, so as to know the supply of poppy and mandragora will not run out before the small hours.
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If you wear a short enough skirt, the party will come to you.
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Heterosexuality is not normal, it’s just common.
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