Women and elephants never forget.
DOROTHY PARKERLos Angeles: Seventy-two suburbs in search of a city.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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They sicken of the calm who know the storm.
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Drink and dance and laugh and lie, Love, the reeling midnight through, For tomorrow we shall die! (But, alas, we never do.)
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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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Ducking for apples — change one letter and it’s the story of my life.
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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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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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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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All I say is, nobody has any business to go around looking like a horse and behaving as if it were all right. You don’t catch horses going around looking like people, do you?
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Quick!! Act as if nothing has happened!
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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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I’m not a writer with a drinking problem, I’m a drinker with a writing problem.
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Ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
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I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.
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Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye.
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If all the girls attending [the Yale prom] were laid end to end, I wouldn’t be at all surprised.
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