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 PARKERThe best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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I hate writing, I love having written.
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It’s not the tragedies that kill us; it’s the messes.
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If you don’t have anything nice to say, come sit by me.
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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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The only useful thing I ever learned in school was that if you spit on your eraser it erased ink.
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Don’t look at me in that tone of voice.
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I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.
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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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If you want to know what God thinks about money, just look at the people He gives it to.
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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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I don’t know much about being a millionaire, but I’ll bet 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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Ducking for apples — change one letter and it’s the story of my life.
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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 only “ism” Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.
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