I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.
DOROTHY PARKERYears are only garments, and you either wear them with style all your life, or else you go dowdy to the grave.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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He is a writer for the ages, the ages of four to eight.
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It was written without fear and without research.
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His voice was as intimate as the rustle of sheets.
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Of course I talk to myself. I like a good speaker, and I appreciate an intelligent audience.
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If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
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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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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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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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And if my heart be scarred and burned, The safer, I, for all I learned.
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If all the girls attending [the Yale prom] were laid end to end, I wouldn’t be at all surprised.
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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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The best way to avoid a hangover is to stay drunk.
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I know this will come as a shock to you, Mr. Goldwyn, but in all history, which has held billions and billions of human beings, not a single one ever had a happy ending.
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If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second-greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first-greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they’re happy.
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Writing well is the best revenge.
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