If I didn’t care for fun and such, I’d probably amount to much. But I shall stay the way I am, Because I do not give a damn.
DOROTHY PARKERMoney cannot buy health, but I’d settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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They tire of quiet, that have known the storm
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Most good women are hidden treasures who are only safe because nobody looks for 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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The best way to avoid a hangover is to stay drunk.
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[On the ringing of her doorbell or telephone:] What fresh hell is this?
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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.
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If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
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If you looked for things to make you feel hurt and wretched and unnecessary, you were certain to find them.
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Maybe it is only I, but conditions are such these days, that if you use studiously correct grammar, people suspect you of homosexual tendencies.
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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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Ducking for apples — change one letter and it’s the story of my life.
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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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Never throw mud: you can miss the target, but your hands will remain dirty.
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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.
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