And if my heart be scarred and burned, The safer, I, for all I learned.
DOROTHY PARKERIf you don’t have anything nice to say, come sit by me.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment.
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The only dependable law of life – everything is always worse than you thought it was going to be.
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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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Of course I talk to myself. I like a good speaker, and I appreciate an intelligent audience.
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I don’t mind anything that’s written about me, as long as it’s not true.
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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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He is a writer for the ages, the ages of four to eight.
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You can lead a horticulture, but you can’t make her think.
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Now, look, baby, ‘Union’ is spelled with 5 letters. It is not a four-letter word.
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Ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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Writing is the art of applying the ass to the seat.
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Don’t feel bad when I die; I’ve been dead for a long time.
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[On the ringing of her doorbell or telephone:] What fresh hell is this?
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This is me apologizing. I am a fool, a bird-brain, a liar and a horse-thief. I wouldn’t touch a superlative again with an umbrella.
DOROTHY PARKER







