Don’t look at me in that tone of voice.
DOROTHY PARKERThat woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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I’d like to have money. And I’d like to be a good writer. These two can come together, and I hope they will, but if that’s too adorable, I’d rather have money.
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If you don’t have anything nice to say, come sit by me.
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If all the girls attending [the Yale prom] were laid end to end, I wouldn’t be at all surprised.
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Never throw mud: you can miss the target, but your hands will remain dirty.
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But I don’t give up; I forget why not.
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It’s not the tragedies that kill us; it’s the messes.
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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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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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Quick!! Act as if nothing has happened!
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Most good women are hidden treasures who are only safe because nobody looks for them.
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Time may be a great healer, but it’s a lousy beautician.
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Writing well is the best revenge.
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I like best to have one book in my hand, and a stack of others on the floor beside me, so as to know the supply of poppy and mandragora will not run out before the small hours.
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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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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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