Those who have mastered etiquette, who are entirely, impeccably right, would seem to arrive at a point of exquisite dullness.
DOROTHY PARKERThere is entirely too much charm around, and something must be done to stop it.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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Now, look, baby, ‘Union’ is spelled with 5 letters. It is not a four-letter word.
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A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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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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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.
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If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second-greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first-greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they’re happy.
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Ducking for apples — change one letter and it’s the story of my life.
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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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I know this will come as a shock to you, Mr. Goldwyn, but in all history, which has held billions and billions of human beings, not a single one ever had a happy ending.
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The only “ism” Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.
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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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All I say is, nobody has any business to go around looking like a horse and behaving as if it were all right. You don’t catch horses going around looking like people, do you?
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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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