If you don’t have anything nice to say, come sit by me.
DOROTHY PARKERA liberal is a man who leaves the room before the fight starts.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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Writing is the art of applying the ass to the seat.
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Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.
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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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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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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
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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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By the time you swear you’re his, Shivering and sighing. And he vows his passion is, Infinite, undying. Lady make note of this — One of you is lying.
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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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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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It turns out that, at social gatherings, as a source of entertainment, conviviality, and good fun, I rank somewhere between a sprig of parsley and a single ice-skate.
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Should they whisper false of you, Never trouble to deny; Should the words they say be true, Weep and storm and say they lie.
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Maybe it is only I, but conditions are such these days, that if you use studiously correct grammar, people suspect you of homosexual tendencies.
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