If you don’t have anything nice to say, come sit by me.
DOROTHY PARKERLos Angeles: Seventy-two suburbs in search of a city.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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You can’t teach an old dogma new tricks.
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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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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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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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Don’t look at me in that tone of voice.
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The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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Money cannot buy health, but I’d settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair.
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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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If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second-greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first-greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they’re happy.
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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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[On the ringing of her doorbell or telephone:] What fresh hell is this?
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If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
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The only “ism” Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.
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