Drink and dance and laugh and lie, Love, the reeling midnight through, For tomorrow we shall die! (But, alas, we never do.)
DOROTHY PARKERI don’t mind anything that’s written about me, as long as it’s not true.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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Ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
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Where unwilling dies the rose; buds the new another year.
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Never throw mud: you can miss the target, but your hands will remain dirty.
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It’s not the tragedies that kill us; it’s the messes.
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Ducking for apples — change one letter and it’s the story of my life.
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There is entirely too much charm around, and something must be done to stop it.
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Now I know the things I know, and I do the things I do; and if you do not like me so, to hell, my love, with you!
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Los Angeles: Seventy-two suburbs in search of a city.
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But I don’t give up; I forget why not.
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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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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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[On being shown an apartment by a real estate agent:] Oh, dear, that’s much too big. All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.
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I can’t write five words but that I change seven.
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Writing is the art of applying the ass to the seat.
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