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Dorothy Parker
Men seldom make...
Men seldom make passes
At girls who wear glasses.
Source: News Item, Enough...
Scratch a king...
Scratch a king and find a fool!
Source: Salome's Dancing-Lesson, St. 3; in Death...
I'm never going...
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...
Those who have...
Those who have mastered etiquette, who are entirely, impeccably right, would seem to arrive at a point of exquisite...
I don't know...
I don't know much about being a millionaire, but I'll bet I'd be darling at it.
It costs me...
It costs me never a stab nor squirm
To tread by chance upon a worm.
'Aha, my little dear,' I say,
'Your clan...
Sorrow is tranquillity...
Sorrow is tranquillity remembered in emotion.
Source: Sentiment.
-- Dorothy...
Where's the man...
Where's the man could ease a heart,
Like a satin gown?
Source: The Satin Dress,...
He is beyond...
He is beyond question a writer of power; and his power lies in his ability to make sex so thoroughly, graphically,...
If you want...
If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.
Why, that dog...
Why, that dog is practically a Phi Beta Kappa. She can sit up and beg, and she can give her paw -- I don't say she...
Drink, and dance...
Drink, and dance and laugh and lie,
Love the reeling midnight through,
For tomorrow we shall die!
(But,...
Excuse my dust....
Excuse my dust.
Source: Alternative epitaph; in While Rome Burns, Our Mrs. Parker...
Take care of...
Take care of the luxuries and the necessities will take care of themselves.
Source:...
Check enclosed....
Check enclosed.
Source: Giving her version of the two most beautiful words in the...
Every year, back...
Every year, back come Spring, with nasty little birds yapping their fool heads off and the ground all mucked up with...
How do people...
How do people go to sleep? I'm afraid I've lost the knack.
I might try busting myself smartly over the temple with...
Scratch an actor...
Scratch an actor and you'll find an actress.
Source: Attributed.
-- Dorothy...
As only New...
As only New Yorkers know, if you can get through the twilight, you'll live through the...
Gratitude -- the...
Gratitude -- the meanest and most snivelling attribute in the world.
Source: In...