Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
DOROTHY PARKERMaybe it is only I, but conditions are such these days, that if you use studiously correct grammar, people suspect you of homosexual tendencies.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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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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A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.
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And if my heart be scarred and burned, The safer, I, for all I learned.
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The cleverest woman on earth is the biggest fool on earth with a man.
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Women and elephants never forget.
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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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Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, can be prolonged to the point where it ceases to excite pity and arouses only irritation.
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Heterosexuality is not normal, it’s just common.
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Now I know the things I know, and I do the things I do; and if you do not like me so, to hell, my love, with you!
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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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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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There is entirely too much charm around, and something must be done to stop it.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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Don’t feel bad when I die; I’ve been dead for a long time.
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The only “ism” Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.
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