Quotes - Sean Moran (Philadelphia, PA) Showing 1-30 of 31

#1

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

1975 likes

#2

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

tags: bad-reviews, book, humorist, misattributed-dorothy-parker, wit

1616 likes

#3

“Résumé
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.”
― Dorothy Parker, Enough Rope

tags: dark-humor, humor, suicide

2226 likes

#4

“Heterosexuality is not normal, it's just common.”
― Dorothy Parker

tags: dorothy-parker, heterosexuality, homosexuality, humor, wit

1629 likes

#5

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

tags: humor

1262 likes

#6

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

tags: disapproval, humor, wordplay

1424 likes

#7

“I hate writing, I love having written.”
― Dorothy Parker

tags: writing, writing-process

1543 likes

#8

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

tags: wordplay

1260 likes

#9

“What fresh hell is this?”
― Dorothy Parker, The Portable Dorothy Parker

1034 likes

#10

“They sicken of the calm who know the storm.”
― Dorothy Parker, Sunset Gun: Poems

tags: calm, excitement, storm, women

889 likes

#11

“You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think.”
― Dorothy Parker, You Might As Well Live: The Life and Times of Dorothy Parker

tags: horticulture, puns

817 likes

#12

“That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment.”
― Dorothy Parker

tags: epitaph, humor, the-new-yorker

850 likes

#13

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

tags: read, readers, reading, reading-books

35663 likes

#14

“... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

tags: books, mind

16631 likes

#15

“Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

tags: identity

12854 likes

#16

“Fear cuts deeper than swords.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

tags: bravery, fear

5514 likes

#17

“Sleep is good, he said, and books are better.”
― George R. R. Martin

tags: books, reading

9855 likes

#18

“The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible.”
― David M. Ogilvy

tags: advertising, marketing

140 likes

#19

“Hard work never killed a man. Men die of boredom, psychological conflict, and disease. They do not die of hard work.”
― David Ogilvy

61 likes

#20

“Where people aren’t having any fun, they seldom produce good work.”
― David Ogilvy, Confessions of an Advertising Man

56 likes

#21

“Don't bunt. Aim out of the ballpark. Aim for the company of immortals.”
― David Ogilvy

tags: inspirational

19 likes

#22

“I'm a drinker with writing problems.”
― Brendan Behan

tags: drinking, writing

79 likes

#23

“Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves.”
― Brendan Behan

77 likes

#24

“If wild my breast and sore my pride,
I bask in dreams of suicide,
If cool my heart and high my head
I think 'How lucky are the dead.”
― Dorothy Parker, The Complete Poems of Dorothy Parker

tags: suicide

606 likes

#25

“I'd like to have money. And I'd like to be a good writer. These two can come together, and I hope they will, but if that's too adorable, I'd rather have money.”
― Dorothy Parker

tags: humor-writing-money

236 likes

#26

“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

tags: drinking, drunken-behaviour, humor

1314 likes

#27

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

424 likes

#28