Dorothy Parker

Quotes

• “If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second greatest favor you can do them is to present them...”
• “There's a hell of a distance between wise-cracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wise-cracking is simply calisthenics wi...”
• “By the time you swear you're his,Shivering and sighing.And he vows his passion is,Infinite, undying.Lady make note of th...”
• “It costs me never a stab nor squirm / To tread by chance upon a worm. / Aha, my little dear, / I say, Your clan will pay...”
• “That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better...”
• “If I had a shiny gun I could have a world of fun Speeding bullets through the brains Of the folks that cause me pains :)”
• “The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires.”
• “And there was that poor sucker Flaubert rolling around on his floor for three days looking for the right word.”
• “Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away.”
• “The sun's gone dim, and the moon's gone black. For I loved him, and he didn't love back.”
• “Four be the things I'd have been better without: love, curiosity, freckles and doubt.”
• “If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.”
• “I don't know much about being a millionaire, but I'll bet I'd be darling at it.”
• “I require three things in a man: he must be handsome, ruthless, and stupid.”
• “Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.”
• “I don't care what is written about me so long as it isn't true.”
• “Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.”
• “Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.”
• “Heterosexuality is not normal, it's just common.”
• “Don't look at me in that tone of voice.”
• “I hate writing, I love having written.”