All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.
DOROTHY PARKERAll I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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I’m not a writer with a drinking problem, I’m a drinker with a writing problem.
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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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If I didn’t care for fun and such, I’d probably amount to much. But I shall stay the way I am, Because I do not give a damn.
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If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second-greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first-greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they’re happy.
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Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.
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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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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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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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Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye.
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Heterosexuality is not normal, it’s just common.
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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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Oh, seek, my love, your newer way; I’ll not be left in sorrow. So long as I have yesterday, Go take your damned tomorrow!
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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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A liberal is a man who leaves the room before the fight starts.
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