That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
DOROTHY PARKEROh, seek, my love, your newer way; I’ll not be left in sorrow. So long as I have yesterday, Go take your damned tomorrow!
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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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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They sicken of the calm who know the storm.
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I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it’s so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.
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Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.
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You do what you can, and you do it because you should. But all you can do is all you can do.
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He is a writer for the ages, the ages of four to eight.
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Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, can be prolonged to the point where it ceases to excite pity and arouses only irritation.
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Writing is the art of applying the ass to the seat.
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If you wear a short enough skirt, the party will come to you.
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A liberal is a man who leaves the room before the fight starts.
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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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Genius can write on the back of old envelopes but mere talent requires the finest stationery available.
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People ought to be one of two things, young or dead.
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[On the ringing of her doorbell or telephone:] What fresh hell is this?
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