That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
DOROTHY PARKERA hangover is the wrath of grapes.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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The best way to avoid a hangover is to stay drunk.
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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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Quick!! Act as if nothing has happened!
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The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
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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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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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You can lead a horticulture, but you can’t make her think.
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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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If you looked for things to make you feel hurt and wretched and unnecessary, you were certain to find them.
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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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Bewildered is the fox who lives to find that grapes beyond reach can be really sour.
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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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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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I know this will come as a shock to you, Mr. Goldwyn, but in all history, which has held billions and billions of human beings, not a single one ever had a happy ending.
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A liberal is a man who leaves the room before the fight starts.
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