Said after she had been seriously ill: The doctors were very brave about it.
DOROTHY PARKERThat woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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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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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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Don’t look at me in that tone of voice.
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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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Most good women are hidden treasures who are only safe because nobody looks for them.
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A girl’s best friend is her mutter.
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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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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires.
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They tire of quiet, that have known the storm
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Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.
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People ought to be one of two things, young or dead.
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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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All I say is, nobody has any business to go around looking like a horse and behaving as if it were all right. You don’t catch horses going around looking like people, do you?
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You can lead a horticulture, but you can’t make her think.
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I hate almost all rich people, but I think I’d be darling at it.
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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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They sicken of the calm who know the storm.
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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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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 girls attending [the Yale prom] were laid end to end, I wouldn’t be at all surprised.
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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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If you want to know what God thinks about money, just look at the people He gives it to.
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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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Oh, seek, my love, your newer way; I’ll not be left in sorrow. So long as I have yesterday, Go take your damned tomorrow!
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