Quotes by Dorothy Parker
Four be the things I'd have been better without:
Salary is no object; I want only enough to keep body and soul apart.
The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can't say No in any of them.
After three I'm under the table,
People are more fun than anybody.
Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.
Scratch a lover, and find a foe.
I'm never going to be famous. I don't do anything, not one single thing. I used to bite my nails, but I don't even do that any more.
All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.
Take care of luxuries and the necessities will take care of themselves.
The only ism Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.
A girl's best friend is her mutter.
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.
Summer makes me drowsy.
Autumn makes me sing.
She runs the gamut of emotions from A to B.
Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, may be prolonged to that point where it ceases to excite pity and arouses only irritation.
Winter's pretty lousy,
Brevity is the soul of lingerie.
I don't care what is written about me so long as it isn't true.
I like to have a martini,
If all the young ladies who attended the Yale prom were laid end to end, no one would be the least surprised.
Money cannot buy health, but I'd settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair.
The two most beautiful words in the English language are 'cheque enclosed.'
