There’s a hell of a distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.
DOROTHY PARKEROf Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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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 hate almost all rich people, but I think I’d be darling at it.
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Don’t feel bad when I die; I’ve been dead for a long time.
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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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Heterosexuality is not normal, it’s just common.
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If you wear a short enough skirt, the party will come to you.
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All I say is, nobody has any business to go around looking like a horse and behaving as if it were all right. You don’t catch horses going around looking like people, do you?
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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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Genius can write on the back of old envelopes but mere talent requires the finest stationery available.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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I can’t write five words but that I change seven.
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Writing well is the best revenge.
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He is a writer for the ages, the ages of four to eight.
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People ought to be one of two things, young or dead.
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