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.
DOROTHY PARKERI was always sweet, at first. Oh, it’s so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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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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All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.
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Women and elephants never forget.
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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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I hate writing, I love having written.
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If you don’t have anything nice to say, come sit by me.
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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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Now, look, baby, ‘Union’ is spelled with 5 letters. It is not a four-letter word.
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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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Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
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There’s a hell of a distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.
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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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The best way to avoid a hangover is to stay drunk.
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Ducking for apples — change one letter and it’s the story of my life.
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