There is entirely too much charm around, and something must be done to stop it.
DOROTHY PARKERThat woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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If you don’t have anything nice to say, come sit by me.
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The only “ism” Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.
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Said after she had been seriously ill: The doctors were very brave about it.
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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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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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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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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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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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Most good women are hidden treasures who are only safe because nobody looks for them.
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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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Vice is nice, but liquor is quicker.
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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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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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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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The cleverest woman on earth is the biggest fool on earth with a man.
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