The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
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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The Monte Carlo casino refused to admit me until I was properly dressed so I went and found my stockings, and then came back and lost my shirt.
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A girl’s best friend is her mutter.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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He is a writer for the ages, the ages of four to eight.
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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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Those who have mastered etiquette, who are entirely, impeccably right, would seem to arrive at a point of exquisite dullness.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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This is me apologizing. I am a fool, a bird-brain, a liar and a horse-thief. I wouldn’t touch a superlative again with an umbrella.
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Where unwilling dies the rose; buds the new another year.
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If you wear a short enough skirt, the party will come to you.
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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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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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Never throw mud: you can miss the target, but your hands will remain dirty.
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All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.
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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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