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    Dorothy Parker
    “If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.”
    Dorothy Parker

  • #2
    Dorothy Parker
    “The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue.”
    Dorothy Parker

  • #3
    “This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.”
    Sid Ziff

  • #4
    Dorothy Parker
    “I don't know much about being a millionaire, but I'll bet I'd be darling at it.”
    Dorothy Parker

  • #5
    Dorothy Parker
    “Don't look at me in that tone of voice.”
    Dorothy Parker

  • #6
    Dorothy Parker
    “I like to have a martini,
    Two at the very most.
    After three I'm under the table,
    after four I'm under my host.”
    Dorothy Parker, The Collected Dorothy Parker

  • #7
    Dorothy Parker
    “Tell him I was too fucking busy-- or vice versa.”
    Dorothy Parker

  • #8
    Dorothy Parker
    “This wasn't just plain terrible, this was fancy terrible. This was terrible with raisins in it."

    [Women Know Everything!]”
    Dorothy Parker

  • #9
    Dorothy Parker
    “That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can't say 'No' in any of them.”
    Dorothy Parker, While Rome Burns

  • #10
    Dorothy Parker
    “I won't telephone him. I'll never telephone him again as long as I live. He'll rot in hell, before I'll call him up. You don't have to give me strength, God; I have it myself. If he wanted me, he could get me. He knows where I am. He knows I'm waiting here. He's so sure of me, so sure. I wonder why they hate you, as soon as they are sure of you.”
    Dorothy Parker, The Portable Dorothy Parker

  • #11
    Dorothy Parker
    “Ducking for apples -- change one letter and it's the story of my life.”
    Dorothy Parker

  • #12
    Dorothy Parker
    “If you wear a short enough skirt, the party will come to you.”
    Dorothy Parker

  • #13
    Dorothy Parker
    “I'm never going to accomplish anything; that's perfectly clear to me. I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do Things. I don't do anything. Not one single thing. I used to bite my nails, but I don't even do that any more.”
    Dorothy Parker, Here Lies: The Collected Stories of Dorothy Parker

  • #14
    Dorothy Parker
    “It serves me right for putting all my eggs in one bastard.”
    Dorothy Parker, You Might As Well Live: The Life and Times of Dorothy Parker

  • #15
    Dorothy Parker
    “I don't care what is written about me so long as it isn't true.”
    Dorothy Parker

  • #16
    Dorothy Parker
    “A hangover is the wrath of grapes.”
    Dorothy Parker

  • #17
    Dorothy Parker
    “Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.”
    Dorothy Parker

  • #18
    Dorothy Parker
    “I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.”
    Dorothy Parker

  • #19
    Dorothy Parker
    “Women and elephants never forget.”
    Dorothy Parker

  • #20
    Dorothy Parker
    “Money cannot buy health, but I'd settle for a diamond-studded
    wheelchair.”
    Dorothy Parker

  • #21
    Dorothy Parker
    “His voice was as intimate as the rustle of sheets.”
    Dorothy Parker

  • #22
    Dorothy Parker
    “The sun's gone dim, and the moon's gone black. For I loved him, and he didn't love back.”
    Dorothy Parker
    tags: love

  • #23
    Dorothy Parker
    “If all the girls attending [the Yale prom] were laid end to end, I wouldn't be at all surprised.”
    Dorothy Parker, While Rome Burns

  • #24
    Dorothy Parker
    “Q: What's the difference between an enzyme and a hormone?

    A: You can't hear an enzyme.”
    Dorothy Parker

  • #25
    Dorothy Parker
    “Take care of the luxuries and the necessities will take care of themselves.”
    Dorothy Parker

  • #26
    Dorothy Parker
    “Every year, back comes Spring, with nasty little birds yapping their fool heads off and the ground all mucked up with plants.”
    Dorothy Parker

  • #27
    Dorothy Parker
    “All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends. ”
    Dorothy Parker

  • #28
    Dorothy Parker
    “Living well is the best revenge.”
    Dorothy Parker

  • #29
    Dorothy Parker
    “I'm not a writer with a drinking problem, I'm a drinker with a writing problem.”
    Dorothy Parker

  • #30
    Dorothy Parker
    “It's not the tragedies that kill us; it's the messes.”
    Dorothy Parker, The Portable Dorothy Parker



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