I’d like to have money. And I’d like to be a good writer. These two can come together, and I hope they will, but if that’s too adorable, I’d rather have money.
DOROTHY PARKERThat would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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Now, look, baby, ‘Union’ is spelled with 5 letters. It is not a four-letter word.
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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.
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Genius can write on the back of old envelopes but mere talent requires the finest stationery available.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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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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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 require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.
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Years are only garments, and you either wear them with style all your life, or else you go dowdy to the grave.
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I can’t write five words but that I change seven.
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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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He is a writer for the ages, the ages of four to eight.
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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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Heterosexuality is not normal, it’s just common.
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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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Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
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