If I didn’t care for fun and such, I’d probably amount to much. But I shall stay the way I am, Because I do not give a damn.
DOROTHY PARKERIf all the young ladies who attended the Yale promenade dance were laid end to end, no one would be the least surprised.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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Never throw mud: you can miss the target, but your hands will remain dirty.
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Money cannot buy health, but I’d settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair.
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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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The only “ism” Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.
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There is entirely too much charm around, and something must be done to stop it.
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Friends come and go but I wouldn’t have thought you’d be one of them.
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His voice was as intimate as the rustle of sheets.
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I like best to have one book in my hand, and a stack of others on the floor beside me, so as to know the supply of poppy and mandragora will not run out before the small hours.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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Heterosexuality is not normal, it’s just common.
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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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You can lead a horticulture, but you can’t make her think.
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[On being shown an apartment by a real estate agent:] Oh, dear, that’s much too big. All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.
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Women and elephants never forget.
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Telegram to a friend who had just become a mother after a prolonged pregnancy: Good work, Mary. We all knew you had it in you.
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