I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.
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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[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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This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.
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All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.
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Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.
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I hate almost all rich people, but I think I’d be darling at it.
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If you don’t have anything nice to say, come sit by me.
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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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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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There is entirely too much charm around, and something must be done to stop it.
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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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Writing well is the best revenge.
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Ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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If I didn’t care for fun and such, I’d probably amount to much. But I shall stay the way I am, Because I do not give a damn.
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