Most good women are hidden treasures who are only safe because nobody looks for them.
DOROTHY PARKERDon’t look at me in that tone of voice.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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Writing well is the best revenge.
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[On the ringing of her doorbell or telephone:] What fresh hell is this?
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A girl’s best friend is her mutter.
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This is me apologizing. I am a fool, a bird-brain, a liar and a horse-thief. I wouldn’t touch a superlative again with an umbrella.
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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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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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People ought to be one of two things, young or dead.
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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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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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His voice was as intimate as the rustle of sheets.
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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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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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Honesty means nothing until you are tested under circumstances where you are sure you could get away with dishonesty.
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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 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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