That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
DOROTHY PARKEROf Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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Now I know the things I know, and I do the things I do; and if you do not like me so, to hell, my love, with you!
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And if my heart be scarred and burned, The safer, I, for all I learned.
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If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
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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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Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye.
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Writing is the art of applying the ass to the seat.
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Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away.
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Said after she had been seriously ill: The doctors were very brave about it.
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Time may be a great healer, but it’s a lousy beautician.
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I hate almost all rich people, but I think I’d be darling at it.
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The cleverest woman on earth is the biggest fool on earth with a man.
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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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Never throw mud: you can miss the target, but your hands will remain dirty.
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Should they whisper false of you, Never trouble to deny; Should the words they say be true, Weep and storm and say they lie.
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The best way to avoid a hangover is to stay drunk.
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