Dorothy Parker Quotes
An American writer, poet, and critic. A fixture of 1920s literary society known for her acerbic wit and low opinion of romantic relationships.
(1893 - 1967)
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A girl's best friend is her mutter.
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All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.
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As only New Yorkers know, if you can get through the twilight, you'll live through the night.
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Brevity is the soul of lingerie.
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Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
[Friendship]
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Ducking for apples -- change one letter and it's the story of my life.
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Four be the things I'd have been better without: Love, curiosity, freckles and doubt.
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He (Robert Benchley) and I had an office so tiny that an inch smaller and it would have been adultery.
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He and I had an office so tiny that an inch smaller and it would have been adultery.
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Heterosexuality is not normal, it's just common.
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I don't care what is written about me so long as it isn't true.
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I don't know much about being a millionaire, but I'll bet I'd be darling at it.
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I know that there are things that never have been funny, and never will be. And I know that ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
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I might repeat to myself slowly and soothingly, a list of quotations beautiful from minds profound -- if I can remember any of the damn things.
[Quotations]
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I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.
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I shall stay the way I am Because I do not give a damn.
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I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy.
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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 even do that any more.
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If all the young ladies who attended the Yale prom were laid end to end, no one would be the least surprised.
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If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.
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