Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.
DOROTHY PARKERI hate almost all rich people, but I think I’d be darling at it.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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They sicken of the calm who know the storm.
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The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires.
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Money cannot buy health, but I’d settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair.
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They tire of quiet, that have known the storm
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Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away.
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I know this will come as a shock to you, Mr. Goldwyn, but in all history, which has held billions and billions of human beings, not a single one ever had a happy ending.
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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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A liberal is a man who leaves the room before the fight starts.
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Now, look, baby, ‘Union’ is spelled with 5 letters. It is not a four-letter word.
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Writing is the art of applying the ass to the seat.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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Drink and dance and laugh and lie, Love, the reeling midnight through, For tomorrow we shall die! (But, alas, we never do.)
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I don’t mind anything that’s written about me, as long as it’s not true.
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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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