Now, look, baby, ‘Union’ is spelled with 5 letters. It is not a four-letter word.
DOROTHY PARKERTake me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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Friends come and go but I wouldn’t have thought you’d be one of them.
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There is entirely too much charm around, and something must be done to stop it.
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If I didn’t care for fun and such, I’d probably amount to much. But I shall stay the way I am, Because I do not give a damn.
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I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.
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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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He is a writer for the ages, the ages of four to eight.
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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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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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Don’t look at me in that tone of voice.
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The only dependable law of life – everything is always worse than you thought it was going to be.
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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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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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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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That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment.
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