It 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.
DOROTHY PARKERPeople ought to be one of two things, young or dead.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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Those who have mastered etiquette, who are entirely, impeccably right, would seem to arrive at a point of exquisite dullness.
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Ducking for apples — change one letter and it’s the story of my life.
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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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A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
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Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye.
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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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I can’t write five words but that I change seven.
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Heterosexuality is not normal, it’s just common.
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There is entirely too much charm around, and something must be done to stop it.
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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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If all the girls attending [the Yale prom] were laid end to end, I wouldn’t be at all surprised.
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I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.
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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!
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If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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