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.
DOROTHY PARKERBewildered is the fox who lives to find that grapes beyond reach can be really sour.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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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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Ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
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A girl’s best friend is her mutter.
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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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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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Don’t feel bad when I die; I’ve been dead for a long time.
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Heterosexuality is not normal, it’s just common.
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Quick!! Act as if nothing has happened!
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The best way to avoid a hangover is to stay drunk.
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Now I know the things I know, and I do the things I do; and if you do not like me so, to hell, my love, with you!
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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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Where unwilling dies the rose; buds the new another year.
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Said after she had been seriously ill: The doctors were very brave about it.
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By the time you swear you’re his, Shivering and sighing. And he vows his passion is, Infinite, undying. Lady make note of this — One of you is lying.
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Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.
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