Heterosexuality is not normal, it’s just common.
DOROTHY PARKERThe best way to avoid a hangover is to stay drunk.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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Most good women are hidden treasures who are only safe because nobody looks for them.
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Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.
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Ducking for apples — change one letter and it’s the story of my life.
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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.
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A girl’s best friend is her mutter.
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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.
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Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
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If you wear a short enough skirt, the party will come to you.
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The only useful thing I ever learned in school was that if you spit on your eraser it erased ink.
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If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second-greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first-greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they’re happy.
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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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If you looked for things to make you feel hurt and wretched and unnecessary, you were certain to find them.
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A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.
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They sicken of the calm who know the storm.
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