I hate writing, I love having written.
DOROTHY PARKERA little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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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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Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, can be prolonged to the point where it ceases to excite pity and arouses only irritation.
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I hate almost all rich people, but I think I’d be darling at it.
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Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.
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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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Don’t look at me in that tone of voice.
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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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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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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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And if my heart be scarred and burned, The safer, I, for all I learned.
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Bewildered is the fox who lives to find that grapes beyond reach can be really sour.
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A liberal is a man who leaves the room before the fight starts.
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I don’t know much about being a millionaire, but I’ll bet I’d be darling at it.
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Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.
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I know this will come as a shock to you, Mr. Goldwyn, but in all history, which has held billions and billions of human beings, not a single one ever had a happy ending.
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