If you want to know what God thinks about money, just look at the people He gives it to.
DOROTHY PARKERI 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.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.
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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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Time may be a great healer, but it’s a lousy beautician.
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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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If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
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If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second-greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first-greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they’re happy.
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A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.
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Women and elephants never forget.
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A liberal is a man who leaves the room before the fight starts.
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Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, can be prolonged to the point where it ceases to excite pity and arouses only irritation.
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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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Vice is nice, but liquor is quicker.
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The best way to avoid a hangover is to stay drunk.
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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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