He is a writer for the ages, the ages of four to eight.
DOROTHY PARKERIf you wear a short enough skirt, the party will come to you.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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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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Writing well is the best revenge.
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You can lead a horticulture, but you can’t make her think.
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There’s a hell of a distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.
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You can’t teach an old dogma new tricks.
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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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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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Should they whisper false of you, Never trouble to deny; Should the words they say be true, Weep and storm and say they lie.
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Money cannot buy health, but I’d settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair.
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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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Vice is nice, but liquor is quicker.
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If you want to know what God thinks about money, just look at the people He gives it to.
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[On the ringing of her doorbell or telephone:] What fresh hell is this?
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Time may be a great healer, but it’s a lousy beautician.
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I hate almost all rich people, but I think I’d be darling at it.
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