Maybe it is only I, but conditions are such these days, that if you use studiously correct grammar, people suspect you of homosexual tendencies.
DOROTHY PARKERThis is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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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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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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What 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.
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[On the ringing of her doorbell or telephone:] What fresh hell is this?
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The cleverest woman on earth is the biggest fool on earth with a man.
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I like to have a martini/Two at the very most/After three I’m under the table/After four I’m under my host.
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The only “ism” Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.
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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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I don’t mind anything that’s written about me, as long as it’s not true.
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If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
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The best way to avoid a hangover is to stay drunk.
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All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.
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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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Heterosexuality is not normal, it’s just common.
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Vice is nice, but liquor is quicker.
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