That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
DOROTHY PARKERMoney cannot buy health, but I’d settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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[On the ringing of her doorbell or telephone:] What fresh hell is this?
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Quick!! Act as if nothing has happened!
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The only “ism” Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.
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Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.
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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
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Money cannot buy health, but I’d settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair.
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If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
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Most good women are hidden treasures who are only safe because nobody looks for them.
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And if my heart be scarred and burned, The safer, I, for all I learned.
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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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It’s not the tragedies that kill us; it’s the messes.
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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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Genius can write on the back of old envelopes but mere talent requires the finest stationery available.
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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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