It was written without fear and without research.
DOROTHY PARKERThose who have mastered etiquette, who are entirely, impeccably right, would seem to arrive at a point of exquisite dullness.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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If you wear a short enough skirt, the party will come to you.
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All I say is, nobody has any business to go around looking like a horse and behaving as if it were all right. You don’t catch horses going around looking like people, do you?
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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Women and elephants never forget.
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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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There is entirely too much charm around, and something must be done to stop it.
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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.
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I’d like to have money. And I’d like to be a good writer. These two can come together, and I hope they will, but if that’s too adorable, I’d rather have money.
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Writing is the art of applying the ass to the seat.
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Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.
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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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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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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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This is me apologizing. I am a fool, a bird-brain, a liar and a horse-thief. I wouldn’t touch a superlative again with an umbrella.
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