I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.
DOROTHY PARKERWomen and elephants never forget.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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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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Friends come and go but I wouldn’t have thought you’d be one of them.
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If you don’t have anything nice to say, come sit by me.
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The only dependable law of life – everything is always worse than you thought it was going to be.
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Heterosexuality is not normal, it’s just common.
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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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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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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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I’m not a writer with a drinking problem, I’m a drinker with a writing problem.
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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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I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it’s so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.
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A girl’s best friend is her mutter.
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Don’t look at me in that tone of voice.
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By the time you swear you’re his, Shivering and sighing. And he vows his passion is, Infinite, undying. Lady make note of this — One of you is lying.
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