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.
DOROTHY PARKER[On the ringing of her doorbell or telephone:] What fresh hell is this?
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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The best way to avoid a hangover is to stay drunk.
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The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
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Vice is nice, but liquor is quicker.
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A girl’s best friend is her mutter.
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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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But I don’t give up; I forget why not.
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I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it’s so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.
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I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.
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I’m not a writer with a drinking problem, I’m a drinker with a writing problem.
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And if my heart be scarred and burned, The safer, I, for all I learned.
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Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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I hate writing, I love having written.
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Most good women are hidden treasures who are only safe because nobody looks for them.
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Don’t feel bad when I die; I’ve been dead for a long time.
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I’d like to have money. And I’d like to be a good writer. These two can come together, and I hope they will, but if that’s too adorable, I’d rather have money.
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The cleverest woman on earth is the biggest fool on earth with a man.
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Ducking for apples — change one letter and it’s the story of my life.
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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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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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The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires.
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Now, look, baby, ‘Union’ is spelled with 5 letters. It is not a four-letter word.
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It turns out that, at social gatherings, as a source of entertainment, conviviality, and good fun, I rank somewhere between a sprig of parsley and a single ice-skate.
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Time may be a great healer, but it’s a lousy beautician.
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All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.
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