The cleverest woman on earth is the biggest fool on earth with a man.
DOROTHY PARKERBy 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.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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Now I know the things I know, and I do the things I do; and if you do not like me so, to hell, my love, with you!
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Don’t feel bad when I die; I’ve been dead for a long time.
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Time may be a great healer, but it’s a lousy beautician.
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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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This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.
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Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.
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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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Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
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There is entirely too much charm around, and something must be done to stop it.
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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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If you wear a short enough skirt, the party will come to you.
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Women and elephants never forget.
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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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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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This is me apologizing. I am a fool, a bird-brain, a liar and a horse-thief. I wouldn’t touch a superlative again with an umbrella.
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