The only useful thing I ever learned in school was that if you spit on your eraser it erased ink.
DOROTHY PARKERGenius can write on the back of old envelopes but mere talent requires the finest stationery available.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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He is a writer for the ages, the ages of four to eight.
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The writer’s way is rough and lonely, and who would choose it while there are vacancies in more gracious professions, such as, say, cleaning out ferryboats?
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Time may be a great healer, but it’s a lousy beautician.
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A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.
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Now, look, baby, ‘Union’ is spelled with 5 letters. It is not a four-letter word.
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All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.
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A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
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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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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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Years are only garments, and you either wear them with style all your life, or else you go dowdy to the grave.
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It was written without fear and without research.
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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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The best way to avoid a hangover is to stay drunk.
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I hate writing, I love having written.
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But I don’t give up; I forget why not.
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