Ducking for apples — change one letter and it’s the story of my life.
DOROTHY PARKERA liberal is a man who leaves the room before the fight starts.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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There’s a hell of a distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.
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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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Genius can write on the back of old envelopes but mere talent requires the finest stationery available.
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The only “ism” Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.
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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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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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Quick!! Act as if nothing has happened!
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Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
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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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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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If all the young ladies who attended the Yale promenade dance were laid end to end, no one would be the least surprised.
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Women and elephants never forget.
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I hate writing, I love having written.
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The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
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I don’t know much about being a millionaire, but I’ll bet I’d be darling at it.
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