It’s not the tragedies that kill us; it’s the messes.
DOROTHY PARKERHis voice was as intimate as the rustle of sheets.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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People ought to be one of two things, young or dead.
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Honesty means nothing until you are tested under circumstances where you are sure you could get away with dishonesty.
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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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If you want to know what God thinks about money, just look at the people He gives it to.
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Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, can be prolonged to the point where it ceases to excite pity and arouses only irritation.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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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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Time may be a great healer, but it’s a lousy beautician.
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Telegram to a friend who had just become a mother after a prolonged pregnancy: Good work, Mary. We all knew you had it in you.
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It was written without fear and without research.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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Ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
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Vice is nice, but liquor is quicker.
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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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