Don’t look at me in that tone of voice.
DOROTHY PARKERAll I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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Money cannot buy health, but I’d settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair.
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A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.
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Years are only garments, and you either wear them with style all your life, or else you go dowdy to the grave.
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The only “ism” Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.
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If you wear a short enough skirt, the party will come to you.
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Bewildered is the fox who lives to find that grapes beyond reach can be really sour.
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Said after she had been seriously ill: The doctors were very brave about it.
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Telegram to a friend who had just become a mother after a prolonged pregnancy: Good work, Mary. We all knew you had it in you.
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Where unwilling dies the rose; buds the new another year.
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Ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
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Honesty means nothing until you are tested under circumstances where you are sure you could get away with dishonesty.
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There is entirely too much charm around, and something must be done to stop it.
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The cleverest woman on earth is the biggest fool on earth with a man.
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This is me apologizing. I am a fool, a bird-brain, a liar and a horse-thief. I wouldn’t touch a superlative again with an umbrella.
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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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