That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
DOROTHY PARKERI hate writing, I love having written.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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I hate writing, I love having written.
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I don’t mind anything that’s written about me, as long as it’s not true.
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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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Friends come and go but I wouldn’t have thought you’d be one of them.
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But I don’t give up; I forget why not.
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Time may be a great healer, but it’s a lousy beautician.
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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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If you want to know what God thinks about money, just look at the people He gives it to.
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Writing is the art of applying the ass to the seat.
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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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If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
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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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The only “ism” Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.
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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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Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away.
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