Never throw mud: you can miss the target, but your hands will remain dirty.
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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Bewildered is the fox who lives to find that grapes beyond reach can be really sour.
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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.
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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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Heterosexuality is not normal, it’s just common.
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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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Writing is the art of applying the ass to the seat.
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Los Angeles: Seventy-two suburbs in search of a city.
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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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There is entirely too much charm around, and something must be done to stop it.
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I can’t write five words but that I change seven.
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I don’t mind anything that’s written about me, as long as it’s not true.
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Ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
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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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The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires.
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