People ought to be one of two things, young or dead.
DOROTHY PARKERIt’s not the tragedies that kill us; it’s the messes.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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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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This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.
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They sicken of the calm who know the storm.
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Most good women are hidden treasures who are only safe because nobody looks for them.
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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.
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Don’t feel bad when I die; I’ve been dead for a long time.
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Oh, seek, my love, your newer way; I’ll not be left in sorrow. So long as I have yesterday, Go take your damned tomorrow!
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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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If you don’t have anything nice to say, come sit by me.
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You can’t teach an old dogma new tricks.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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I don’t mind anything that’s written about me, as long as it’s not true.
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