And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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 not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.
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Writing well is the best revenge.
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You can’t teach an old dogma new tricks.
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If you don’t have anything nice to say, come sit by me.
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I like to have a martini/Two at the very most/After three I’m under the table/After four I’m under my host.
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Honesty means nothing until you are tested under circumstances where you are sure you could get away with dishonesty.
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Money cannot buy health, but I’d settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair.
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That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment.
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A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
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Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.
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The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires.
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They tire of quiet, that have known the storm
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Women and elephants never forget.
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[On being shown an apartment by a real estate agent:] Oh, dear, that’s much too big. All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.
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The only “ism” Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.
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