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.
DOROTHY PARKEROf course I talk to myself. I like a good speaker, and I appreciate an intelligent audience.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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Most good women are hidden treasures who are only safe because nobody looks for them.
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And if my heart be scarred and burned, The safer, I, for all I learned.
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Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.
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Vice is nice, but liquor is quicker.
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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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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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There is entirely too much charm around, and something must be done to stop it.
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A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.
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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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Ducking for apples — change one letter and it’s the story of my life.
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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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Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
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If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
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Said after she had been seriously ill: The doctors were very brave about it.
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The writer’s way is rough and lonely, and who would choose it while there are vacancies in more gracious professions, such as, say, cleaning out ferryboats?
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