The only useful thing I ever learned in school was that if you spit on your eraser it erased ink.
DOROTHY PARKERThat woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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I hate almost all rich people, but I think I’d be darling at it.
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A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.
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Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
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Writing well is the best revenge.
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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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The only “ism” Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.
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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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Quick!! Act as if nothing has happened!
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I don’t know much about being a millionaire, but I’ll bet I’d be darling at it.
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Never throw mud: you can miss the target, but your hands will remain dirty.
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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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Ducking for apples — change one letter and it’s the story of my life.
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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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Honesty means nothing until you are tested under circumstances where you are sure you could get away with dishonesty.
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