You do what you can, and you do it because you should. But all you can do is all you can do.
DOROTHY PARKERThe 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.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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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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Ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
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Ducking for apples — change one letter and it’s the story of my life.
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People ought to be one of two things, young or dead.
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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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If you don’t have anything nice to say, come sit by me.
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You can’t teach an old dogma new tricks.
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I hate almost all rich people, but I think I’d be darling at it.
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Now, look, baby, ‘Union’ is spelled with 5 letters. It is not a four-letter word.
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Quick!! Act as if nothing has happened!
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But I don’t give up; I forget why not.
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Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.
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[On the ringing of her doorbell or telephone:] What fresh hell is this?
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Most good women are hidden treasures who are only safe because nobody looks for them.
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All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.
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