Now, look, baby, ‘Union’ is spelled with 5 letters. It is not a four-letter word.
DOROTHY PARKERThe only “ism” Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.
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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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.
DOROTHY PARKERI 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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I don’t know much about being a millionaire, but I’ll bet I’d be darling at it.
DOROTHY PARKERI don’t know much about being a millionaire, but I’ll bet I’d be darling at it.
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I’m not a writer with a drinking problem, I’m a drinker with a writing problem.
DOROTHY PARKERI’m not a writer with a drinking problem, I’m a drinker with a writing problem.
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If all the young ladies who attended the Yale promenade dance were laid end to end, no one would be the least surprised.
DOROTHY PARKERIf all the young ladies who attended the Yale promenade dance were laid end to end, no one would be the least surprised.
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Oh, seek, my love, your newer way; I’ll not be left in sorrow. So long as I have yesterday, Go take your damned tomorrow!
DOROTHY PARKEROh, seek, my love, your newer way; I’ll not be left in sorrow. So long as I have yesterday, Go take your damned tomorrow!
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A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
DOROTHY PARKERA hangover is the wrath of grapes.
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I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it’s so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.
DOROTHY PARKERI was always sweet, at first. Oh, it’s so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.
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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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Should they whisper false of you, Never trouble to deny; Should the words they say be true, Weep and storm and say they lie.
DOROTHY PARKERShould they whisper false of you, Never trouble to deny; Should the words they say be true, Weep and storm and say they lie.
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Now I know the things I know, and I do the things I do; and if you do not like me so, to hell, my love, with you!
DOROTHY PARKERNow I know the things I know, and I do the things I do; and if you do not like me so, to hell, my love, with you!
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All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.
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Writing is the art of applying the ass to the seat.
DOROTHY PARKERWriting is the art of applying the ass to the seat.
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I like best to have one book in my hand, and a stack of others on the floor beside me, so as to know the supply of poppy and mandragora will not run out before the small hours.
DOROTHY PARKERI like best to have one book in my hand, and a stack of others on the floor beside me, so as to know the supply of poppy and mandragora will not run out before the small hours.
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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
DOROTHY PARKERTake me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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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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