I don’t know much about being a millionaire, but I’ll bet I’d be darling at it.
DOROTHY PARKERTake me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.
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[On being shown an apartment by a real estate agent:] Oh, dear, that’s much too big. All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.
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Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
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The only useful thing I ever learned in school was that if you spit on your eraser it erased ink.
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I’d like to have money. And I’d like to be a good writer. These two can come together, and I hope they will, but if that’s too adorable, I’d rather have money.
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Ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
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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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Writing is the art of applying the ass to the seat.
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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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A girl’s best friend is her mutter.
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This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.
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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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Time may be a great healer, but it’s a lousy beautician.
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If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
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