Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.
DOROTHY PARKERTelegram to a friend who had just become a mother after a prolonged pregnancy: Good work, Mary. We all knew you had it in you.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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Women and elephants never forget.
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Quick!! Act as if nothing has happened!
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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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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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His voice was as intimate as the rustle of sheets.
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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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Don’t feel bad when I die; I’ve been dead for a long time.
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I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it’s so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.
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It’s not the tragedies that kill us; it’s the messes.
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You can’t teach an old dogma new tricks.
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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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Where unwilling dies the rose; buds the new another year.
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This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.
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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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But I don’t give up; I forget why not.
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