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!
DOROTHY PARKERThe definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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Quick!! Act as if nothing has happened!
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A liberal is a man who leaves the room before the fight starts.
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[On the ringing of her doorbell or telephone:] What fresh hell is this?
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All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.
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The only “ism” Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.
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By the time you swear you’re his, Shivering and sighing. And he vows his passion is, Infinite, undying. Lady make note of this — One of you is lying.
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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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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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Of course I talk to myself. I like a good speaker, and I appreciate an intelligent audience.
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But I don’t give up; I forget why not.
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A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.
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Telegram to a friend who had just become a mother after a prolonged pregnancy: Good work, Mary. We all knew you had it in you.
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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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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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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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