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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The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires.
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They tire of quiet, that have known the storm
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Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.
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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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[On the ringing of her doorbell or telephone:] What fresh hell is this?
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Maybe it is only I, but conditions are such these days, that if you use studiously correct grammar, people suspect you of homosexual tendencies.
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Bewildered is the fox who lives to find that grapes beyond reach can be really sour.
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I can’t write five words but that I change seven.
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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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Of course I talk to myself. I like a good speaker, and I appreciate an intelligent audience.
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I’m not a writer with a drinking problem, I’m a drinker with a writing problem.
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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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Never throw mud: you can miss the target, but your hands will remain dirty.
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Vice is nice, but liquor is quicker.
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You can’t teach an old dogma new tricks.
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