If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second-greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first-greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they’re happy.
DOROTHY PARKERThe only “ism” Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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A girl’s best friend is her mutter.
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I hate writing, I love having written.
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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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You can lead a horticulture, but you can’t make her think.
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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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The cleverest woman on earth is the biggest fool on earth with a man.
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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 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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Honesty means nothing until you are tested under circumstances where you are sure you could get away with dishonesty.
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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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A liberal is a man who leaves the room before the fight starts.
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Vice is nice, but liquor is quicker.
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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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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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