There is entirely too much charm around, and something must be done to stop it.
DOROTHY PARKERIf 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.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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Now, look, baby, ‘Union’ is spelled with 5 letters. It is not a four-letter word.
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Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.
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Heterosexuality is not normal, it’s just common.
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I don’t mind anything that’s written about me, as long as it’s not true.
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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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If you looked for things to make you feel hurt and wretched and unnecessary, you were certain to find them.
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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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Ducking for apples — change one letter and it’s the story of my life.
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Bewildered is the fox who lives to find that grapes beyond reach can be really sour.
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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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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.
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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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Los Angeles: Seventy-two suburbs in search of a city.
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There’s a hell of a distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.
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I hate almost all rich people, but I think I’d be darling at it.
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