I hate almost all rich people, but I think I’d be darling at it.
DOROTHY PARKERLove is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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The only “ism” Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.
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Of course I talk to myself. I like a good speaker, and I appreciate an intelligent audience.
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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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Drink and dance and laugh and lie, Love, the reeling midnight through, For tomorrow we shall die! (But, alas, we never do.)
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The best way to avoid a hangover is to stay drunk.
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Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
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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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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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They tire of quiet, that have known the storm
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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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By 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.
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Friends come and go but I wouldn’t have thought you’d be one of them.
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Writing is the art of applying the ass to the seat.
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Genius can write on the back of old envelopes but mere talent requires the finest stationery available.
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Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.
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