Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
DOROTHY PARKERI hate writing, I love having written.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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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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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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They sicken of the calm who know the storm.
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He is a writer for the ages, the ages of four to eight.
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The Monte Carlo casino refused to admit me until I was properly dressed so I went and found my stockings, and then came back and lost my shirt.
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Ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
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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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I can’t write five words but that I change seven.
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They tire of quiet, that have known the storm
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Now, look, baby, ‘Union’ is spelled with 5 letters. It is not a four-letter word.
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Where unwilling dies the rose; buds the new another year.
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The cleverest woman on earth is the biggest fool on earth with a man.
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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 don’t know much about being a millionaire, but I’ll bet I’d be darling at it.
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Vice is nice, but liquor is quicker.
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