The Monte Carlo casino refused to admit me until I was properly dressed so I went and found my stockings, and then came back and lost my shirt.
DOROTHY PARKERMoney cannot buy health, but I’d settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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Quick!! Act as if nothing has happened!
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If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
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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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It’s not the tragedies that kill us; it’s the messes.
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[On the ringing of her doorbell or telephone:] What fresh hell is this?
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Bewildered is the fox who lives to find that grapes beyond reach can be really sour.
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Don’t feel bad when I die; I’ve been dead for a long time.
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The best way to avoid a hangover is to stay drunk.
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You do what you can, and you do it because you should. But all you can do is all you can do.
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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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Now, look, baby, ‘Union’ is spelled with 5 letters. It is not a four-letter word.
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If you wear a short enough skirt, the party will come to you.
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He is a writer for the ages, the ages of four to eight.
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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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