Genius can write on the back of old envelopes but mere talent requires the finest stationery available.
DOROTHY PARKERI require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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They sicken of the calm who know the storm.
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He is a writer for the ages, the ages of four to eight.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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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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The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
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Bewildered is the fox who lives to find that grapes beyond reach can be really sour.
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Where unwilling dies the rose; buds the new another year.
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I hate writing, I love having written.
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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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Said after she had been seriously ill: The doctors were very brave about it.
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If you wear a short enough skirt, the party will come to you.
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Years are only garments, and you either wear them with style all your life, or else you go dowdy to the grave.
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[On the ringing of her doorbell or telephone:] What fresh hell is this?
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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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I like to have a martini/Two at the very most/After three I’m under the table/After four I’m under my host.
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