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Dorothy Parker Quotations

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Trapped, like a trap in a trap.
US author, humorist, poet, & wit
1893 - 1967
"Coolidge is dead"
"How could they tell?
US author, humorist, poet, & wit
1893 - 1967
I went to a convent in New York and was fired finally for my insistence that the Immaculate Conception was spontaneous combustion.
US author, humorist, poet, & wit
1893 - 1967
Men seldom make passes
At girls who wear glasses.
Dorothy Parker - Not So Deep as a Well (1937)
US author, humorist, poet, & wit
1893 - 1967
This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.
US author, humorist, poet, & wit
1893 - 1967
The only "ism" hollywood believes in is plagiarism.
US author, humorist, poet, & wit
1893 - 1967
They sicken of the calm that know the storm.
US author, humorist, poet, & wit
1893 - 1967
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.
US author, humorist, poet, & wit
1893 - 1967
His voice was a intimate as the rustle of sheets.
US author, humorist, poet, & wit
1893 - 1967
The two most beautiful words in the English language are ``check enclosed.'
US author, humorist, poet, & wit
1893 - 1967
Take care of the luxuries and the necessities will take care of themselves.
US author, humorist, poet, & wit
1893 - 1967
I don't care what is written about me so long as it isn't true.
US author, humorist, poet, & wit
1893 - 1967
Dear Mary: We all knew you had it in you.
Dorothy Parker - telegram to friend who had given birth
US author, humorist, poet, & wit
1893 - 1967
If all the girls who attended the Yale prom were laid end to end, I wouldn't be a bit surprised.
US author, humorist, poet, & wit
1893 - 1967
The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant --- and let the air out of their tires.
US author, humorist, poet, & wit
1893 - 1967
The best way to keep children home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant--and let the air out of the tires.
US author, humorist, poet, & wit
1893 - 1967
Men seldom make passes At girls who wear glasses.
US author, humorist, poet, & wit
1893 - 1967
Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,
A medley of extemporanea;
And love is a thing that can never go wrong;
And I am Marie of Romania.
Dorothy Parker - Not So Deep as a Well (1937)
US author, humorist, poet, & wit
1893 - 1967
This is on me.
Dorothy Parker - suggested for her tombstone
US author, humorist, poet, & wit
1893 - 1967
She runs the gamut of emotions from A to B.
US author, humorist, poet, & wit
1893 - 1967
The affair between Margot Asquith and Margot Asquith will live as one of the prettiest love stories in all literature.
US author, humorist, poet, & wit
1893 - 1967
Every year, back come Spring, with nasty little birds yapping their fool heads off and the ground all mucked up with plants.
US author, humorist, poet, & wit
1893 - 1967
If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.
US author, humorist, poet, & wit
1893 - 1967
I don't know much about being a millionaire, but I'll bet I'd be darling at it.
US author, humorist, poet, & wit
1893 - 1967
Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,
A medley of extemporanea;
And love is thing that can never go wrong;
And I am Marie of Romania.
US author, humorist, poet, & wit
1893 - 1967
The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant - and let the air out of the tires.
US author, humorist, poet, & wit
1893 - 1967
Brevity is the soul of lingerie.
US author, humorist, poet, & wit
1893 - 1967
By whom?
Dorothy Parker - when told she was outspoken
US author, humorist, poet, & wit
1893 - 1967
A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.
US author, humorist, poet, & wit
1893 - 1967
I require three things in a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.
US author, humorist, poet, & wit
1893 - 1967
The only "ism" Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.
US author, humorist, poet, & wit
1893 - 1967

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