[On the ringing of her doorbell or telephone:] What fresh hell is this?
DOROTHY PARKERI hate almost all rich people, but I think I’d be darling at it.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.
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Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.
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This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.
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Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away.
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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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A liberal is a man who leaves the room before the fight starts.
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Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye.
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Friends come and go but I wouldn’t have thought you’d be one of them.
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Of course I talk to myself. I like a good speaker, and I appreciate an intelligent audience.
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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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What ever beauty may be it has for its basis order and for its essence unity Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.
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You can lead a horticulture, but you can’t make her think.
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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.
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Heterosexuality is not normal, it’s just common.
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I like to have a martini/Two at the very most/After three I’m under the table/After four I’m under my host.
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