Genius can write on the back of old envelopes but mere talent requires the finest stationery available.
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.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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There is entirely too much charm around, and something must be done to stop it.
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If all the girls attending [the Yale prom] were laid end to end, I wouldn’t be at all surprised.
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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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Don’t look at me in that tone of voice.
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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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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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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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Women and elephants never forget.
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There’s a hell of a distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.
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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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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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This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.
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