Don’t look at me in that tone of voice.
DOROTHY PARKEROf Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.
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I can’t write five words but that I change seven.
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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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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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Ducking for apples — change one letter and it’s the story of my life.
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Should they whisper false of you, Never trouble to deny; Should the words they say be true, Weep and storm and say they lie.
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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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It’s not the tragedies that kill us; it’s the messes.
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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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I’d like to have money. And I’d like to be a good writer. These two can come together, and I hope they will, but if that’s too adorable, I’d rather have money.
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A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.
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I hate almost all rich people, but I think I’d be darling at it.
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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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Bewildered is the fox who lives to find that grapes beyond reach can be really sour.
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