Genius can write on the back of old envelopes but mere talent requires the finest stationery available.
DOROTHY PARKERDon’t look at me in that tone of voice.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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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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Time may be a great healer, but it’s a lousy beautician.
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Never throw mud: you can miss the target, but your hands will remain dirty.
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Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.
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Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, can be prolonged to the point where it ceases to excite pity and arouses only irritation.
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I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.
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Vice is nice, but liquor is quicker.
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By the time you swear you’re his, Shivering and sighing. And he vows his passion is, Infinite, undying. Lady make note of this — One of you is lying.
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Money cannot buy health, but I’d settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair.
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Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye.
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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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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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Writing is the art of applying the ass to the seat.
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If you want to know what God thinks about money, just look at the people He gives it to.
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Bewildered is the fox who lives to find that grapes beyond reach can be really sour.
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