The only dependable law of life – everything is always worse than you thought it was going to be.
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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Ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
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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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If you wear a short enough skirt, the party will come to you.
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Writing well is the best revenge.
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I don’t know much about being a millionaire, but I’ll bet I’d be darling at it.
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I hate writing, I love having written.
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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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You can lead a horticulture, but you can’t make her think.
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Telegram to a friend who had just become a mother after a prolonged pregnancy: Good work, Mary. We all knew you had it in you.
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Should they whisper false of you, Never trouble to deny; Should the words they say be true, Weep and storm and say they lie.
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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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Genius can write on the back of old envelopes but mere talent requires the finest stationery available.
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I know this will come as a shock to you, Mr. Goldwyn, but in all history, which has held billions and billions of human beings, not a single one ever had a happy ending.
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A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
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Don’t look at me in that tone of voice.
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