Quotes by Dorothy Parker
Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.
Love, curiosity, freckles and doubt.
As only New Yorkers know, if you can get through the twilight, you'll live through the night.
Ducking for apples -- change one letter and it's the story of my life.
Heterosexuality is not normal, it's just common.
You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think.
after four I'm under my host.
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy.
If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.
Men don't like nobility in woman. Not any men. I suppose it is because the men like to have the copyrights on nobility -- if there is going to be anything like that in a relationship.
Now, look, baby, 'Union' is spelled with 5 letters. It is not a four-letter word.
It serves me right for keeping all my eggs in one bastard.
The best way to keep children home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant -- and let the air out of the tires.
I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.
This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.
But I hate Spring.
You can't teach an old dogma new tricks.
Two at the very most.
This book is not to be tossed lightly aside, but to be hurled with great force.
Razors pain you; rivers are damp; acids stain you; and drugs cause cramp. Guns aren't lawful; nooses give; gas smells awful; you might as well live.
I don't know much about being a millionaire, but I'll bet I'd be darling at it.
They sicken of the calm, who knew the storm.
Razors pain you; Rivers are damp; Acids stain you; Drugs cause cramp; Guns aren't lawful; Nooses give; Gas smells awful; You may as well live.
Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song, A medley of extemporanea; And love is thing that can never go wrong; And I am Marie of Romania.
His voice was a intimate as the rustle of sheets.
