I like best to have one book in my hand, and a stack of others on the floor beside me, so as to know the supply of poppy and mandragora will not run out before the small hours.
DOROTHY PARKERThis 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.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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Most good women are hidden treasures who are only safe because nobody looks for them.
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His voice was as intimate as the rustle of sheets.
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Never throw mud: you can miss the target, but your hands will remain dirty.
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A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
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Quick!! Act as if nothing has happened!
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Women and elephants never forget.
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If you want to know what God thinks about money, just look at the people He gives it to.
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I hate almost all rich people, but I think I’d be darling at it.
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Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.
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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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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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Writing is the art of applying the ass to the seat.
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And if my heart be scarred and burned, The safer, I, for all I learned.
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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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[On the ringing of her doorbell or telephone:] What fresh hell is this?
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