Vice is nice, but liquor is quicker.
DOROTHY PARKERThat woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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Los Angeles: Seventy-two suburbs in search of a city.
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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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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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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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If you looked for things to make you feel hurt and wretched and unnecessary, you were certain to find them.
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Drink and dance and laugh and lie, Love, the reeling midnight through, For tomorrow we shall die! (But, alas, we never do.)
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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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Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
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A girl’s best friend is her mutter.
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He is a writer for the ages, the ages of four to eight.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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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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If all the young ladies who attended the Yale promenade dance were laid end to end, no one would be the least surprised.
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Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.
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It turns out that, at social gatherings, as a source of entertainment, conviviality, and good fun, I rank somewhere between a sprig of parsley and a single ice-skate.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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His voice was as intimate as the rustle of sheets.
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I hate writing, I love having written.
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The cleverest woman on earth is the biggest fool on earth with a man.
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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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Never throw mud: you can miss the target, but your hands will remain dirty.
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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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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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It was written without fear and without research.
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Of course I talk to myself. I like a good speaker, and I appreciate an intelligent audience.
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Bewildered is the fox who lives to find that grapes beyond reach can be really sour.
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