If you don’t have anything nice to say, come sit by me.
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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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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Ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
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I can’t write five words but that I change seven.
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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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You can lead a horticulture, but you can’t make her think.
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But I don’t give up; I forget why not.
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Years are only garments, and you either wear them with style all your life, or else you go dowdy to the grave.
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Time may be a great healer, but it’s a lousy beautician.
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People ought to be one of two things, young or dead.
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It’s not the tragedies that kill us; it’s the messes.
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Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye.
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Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.
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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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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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