The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
DOROTHY PARKERThe definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
DOROTHY PARKERDucking for apples — change one letter and it’s the story of my life.
DOROTHY PARKERWhat ever beauty may be it has for its basis order and for its essence unity Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.
DOROTHY PARKERGenius can write on the back of old envelopes but mere talent requires the finest stationery available.
DOROTHY PARKERYou do what you can, and you do it because you should. But all you can do is all you can do.
DOROTHY PARKERMaybe it is only I, but conditions are such these days, that if you use studiously correct grammar, people suspect you of homosexual tendencies.
DOROTHY PARKERWriting well is the best revenge.
DOROTHY PARKERPeople ought to be one of two things, young or dead.
DOROTHY PARKERConstant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
DOROTHY PARKERIf all the young ladies who attended the Yale promenade dance were laid end to end, no one would be the least surprised.
DOROTHY PARKERA little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.
DOROTHY PARKERLove is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away.
DOROTHY PARKEROf Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
DOROTHY PARKERThe only “ism” Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.
DOROTHY PARKERWomen and elephants never forget.
DOROTHY PARKERNever throw mud: you can miss the target, but your hands will remain dirty.
DOROTHY PARKER