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.
DOROTHY PARKERNow, look, baby, ‘Union’ is spelled with 5 letters. It is not a four-letter word.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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There is entirely too much charm around, and something must be done to stop it.
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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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If you want to know what God thinks about money, just look at the people He gives it to.
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I hate almost all rich people, but I think I’d be darling at it.
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Writing is the art of applying the ass to the seat.
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If all the girls attending [the Yale prom] were laid end to end, I wouldn’t be at all surprised.
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The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
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A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.
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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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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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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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And if my heart be scarred and burned, The safer, I, for all I learned.
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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 woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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