There is entirely too much charm around, and something must be done to stop it.
DOROTHY PARKERThree be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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Where unwilling dies the rose; buds the new another year.
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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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Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
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You do what you can, and you do it because you should. But all you can do is all you can do.
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All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.
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It’s not the tragedies that kill us; it’s the messes.
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Writing is the art of applying the ass to the seat.
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A liberal is a man who leaves the room before the fight starts.
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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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I’m not a writer with a drinking problem, I’m a drinker with a writing problem.
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If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
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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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I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it’s so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.
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They sicken of the calm who know the storm.
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If all the young ladies who attended the Yale promenade dance were laid end to end, no one would be the least surprised.
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