I can’t write five words but that I change seven.
DOROTHY PARKERIt turns out that, at social gatherings, as a source of entertainment, conviviality, and good fun, I rank somewhere between a sprig of parsley and a single ice-skate.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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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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I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it’s so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.
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I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.
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Writing well is the best revenge.
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The cleverest woman on earth is the biggest fool on earth with a man.
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Where unwilling dies the rose; buds the new another year.
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He is a writer for the ages, the ages of four to eight.
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Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away.
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Most good women are hidden treasures who are only safe because nobody looks for them.
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Don’t look at me in that tone of voice.
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A liberal is a man who leaves the room before the fight starts.
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A 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.
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I hate almost all rich people, but I think I’d be darling at it.
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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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