Those who have mastered etiquette, who are entirely, impeccably right, would seem to arrive at a point of exquisite dullness.
DOROTHY PARKERMoney cannot buy health, but I’d settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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Ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
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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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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.
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The only “ism” Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.
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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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Writing well is the best revenge.
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Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.
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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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Now I know the things I know, and I do the things I do; and if you do not like me so, to hell, my love, with you!
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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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His voice was as intimate as the rustle of sheets.
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Of course I talk to myself. I like a good speaker, and I appreciate an intelligent audience.
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