Don’t look at me in that tone of voice.
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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Bewildered is the fox who lives to find that grapes beyond reach can be really sour.
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I hate writing, I love having written.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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What ever beauty may be it has for its basis order and for its essence unity Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.
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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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Ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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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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They tire of quiet, that have known the storm
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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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If you want to know what God thinks about money, just look at the people He gives it to.
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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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Honesty means nothing until you are tested under circumstances where you are sure you could get away with dishonesty.
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Heterosexuality is not normal, it’s just common.
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