105 result(s) for Dorothy Parker Quotes.
"I don’t care what is written about me so long as it isn’t true."
"If you want to be admired by intelligent people, you will be hanged; if you want to be admired by stupid people, you will be hanged in the morning."
"This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force."
"As long as you are going to think anyway, think big."
"I can't write five words but that I can’t read five words backward."
"Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clear to the bone."
"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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"Brevity is the soul of wit, and the soul of the evening’s entertainment is brevity."
"A hundred years from now, it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove. But the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child."
"I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless, and stupid."
"Brevity is the soul of wit, and if you can’t say it in a few words, you can’t say it at all."
"The only 'ism' that should be taught in our schools is 'humanism.'"
"I wish I could throw a little more light on the subject; throw a little more light, and you’ll find it’ll be a hell of a lot harder to deal with."
"The stuff of life is rather cruel. I am not afraid of the end, just the struggle to live it."
"I have no short-term memory. I seem to be adept at forgetting what I was saying."
"There’s a fine line between clever and stupid."
"It's not a matter of life and death; it's much more important than that."
"The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on. It is never any use to oneself."
"Some men have a wonderful capacity to sleep. It’s a pity we can’t be up all the time to enjoy it."
"If you want to stay out of trouble, don’t think too much."
"Never be a bridesmaid. You know why? Because you never get a chance to do it again."
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"I can't write without a reader. It's precisely like a kiss—you can't do it alone."
"This is the story of my life. I’m not sure it’s a good one."
"The ladies are still not amused."
"You've got to be taught to be second class; you're not born that way."
"The best thing to hold onto in life is each other."
"I think I can now say with certainty that I love you dear; all I really want is a nice cup of tea and a book."
"If you don’t have anything nice to say, come sit by me."
"He was a man of words, and not of deeds."
"The only thing the Englishman ever left in Africa was a memory of mischief."
"That woman speaks eighteen languages and can’t say no in any of them."
"To hell with reality! I want to be surprised."
"I’d rather be sorry than safe."
"Brevity is the soul of wit."
"People are always asking me why I don't take a vacation. I never heard of a vacation being good for any one's health."
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"The worst is not so long as we can say goodbye."
"Life is a comedy written by a sadistic comedian."
"As long as you can listen, you can be a poet. You can bring imagination into being."
"This is as bad as it could be. It is not a matter of choosing the lesser of two evils; it’s a matter of choosing the evil of two lessers."
"I have not always loved wisely, but I have loved too often."
"The two most beautiful words in the English language are 'cheque' and 'mate'."
"To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am."
"I can't write five words but that I must eat them."
"The only 'ism' that matters is feminism."
"A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika."
"What fresh hell is this?"
"You can't teach an old dogma new tricks."
"I don’t want to know what the rest of the world thinks; I don’t want to know what I think. I want to know what I think."
"The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant – and let the air out of the tires."
"Concerning God, I do not know whether he exists or not, but I am confident that he was not a bohemian."
"No one can be really esteemed accomplished in any art, if he is not skilled in at least one of the minor arts."
"If I were to die right now, I would probably be careless and write a poem on my grave."
"I’ve never been a woman who had notions of the kind that the strong women are supposed to have."
"It's all about love and that’s not just a slogan. It’s a creed."
"The more I know about men, the more I dislike them. But there are so many I can’t help loving."
"There's nothing like a gleam of dark wood through a window to put a little spring in the heart."
"I don’t care what is written about me so long as it isn't true."
"If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to."
"I wish I could throw off the shackles of my own thoughts."
"The only 'ism' that I subscribe to is the 'ism' of the human spirit."
"The worst is not so long as we can say, 'This is the worst.'"
"I can’t write five words but that I can’t write another."
"You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink."
"Heterosexuality is not normal, it's just common."
"The only real laughs are the ones we have with our friends."
"There’s no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written."
"The two most beautiful words in the English language are 'cheque enclosed.'"
"It's not a matter of life and death, it's a matter of death. And living in-between."
"I’m not sure what the question is, but I’m sure the answer is ‘yes.'"
"You can give a girl a book, but you can't make her read it."
"The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about."
"Drink and dance, this is my life’s passion."
"This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."
"You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think."
"Life is a spree, I wish it never ends."
"I am deeply afraid of the world. I don't know what will happen to me."
"I think that I would rather be dead than live in the world that is alive."
"There's nothing like a little love to rekindle the fire."
"Airplanes are interesting toys, but of no military value."
"I hate writing, I love having written."
"The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue."
"If you want to be loved, be lovable."
"Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses."
"I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy."
"The only thing that matters in life is that you find a reason to love."
"You're more of a person than I am."
"Insanity is contagious."
"A little bad luck is always with you; and you can live with that. But when it's good luck, you're sure to lose it again."
"The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity."
"Brevity is the soul of lingerie."
"Originally, I was going to be a writer, but I found out I could be more successful as a critic."
"This is not a book of poetry; it is a book of complaints."
"The best thing I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend."
"The most beautiful words in the English language are ‘I told you so.’"
"Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get."
"It's a sad day when you have to sit down and write, but it's a good day when you get it done."
"He was so good-looking that I think he ought to have done poetry and lived in a little cottage by the sea."
"That woman speaks eighty languages and can’t say no in any of them."
"Men are like bank accounts. Without money, they have a hard time opening up."
"The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing – and then they marry him."
"I don’t care what anybody says about me as long as it isn’t true."
"You can lead a horticulture, but you can’t make her think."
"It serves me right for putting all my eggs in one bastard."
"Beauty is a form of genius—is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation."
"My friends have made the story of my life. In the last years of it, I have changed from a raconteur into a ghost."
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