Best Dorothy Parker Quotes and Quotations

Best Dorothy Parker Quotes and Quotations

This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.
Dorothy Parker
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I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do Things. I don't do any thing. Not one single thing. I used to bite my nails, but I don't even do that any more.
Dorothy Parker
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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
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The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
Dorothy Parker
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If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.
Dorothy Parker
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I don't care what is written about me so long as it isn't true.
Dorothy Parker
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Take care of the luxuries and the necessities will take care of themselves.
Dorothy Parker
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She runs the gamut of emotions from A to B.
Dorothy Parker
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If all the girls who attended the Yale prom were laid end to end, I wouldn't be a bit surprised.
Dorothy Parker
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The best way to keep children home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant--and let the air out of the tires.
Dorothy Parker
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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
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They sicken of the calm, who knew the storm.
Dorothy Parker
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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.
Dorothy Parker
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Men seldom make passesAt girls who wear glasses.
Dorothy Parker
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A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.
Dorothy Parker
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Brevity is the soul of lingerie.
Dorothy Parker
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I require three things in a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.
Dorothy Parker
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Scratch an actor - and you'll find an actress.
Dorothy Parker
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I went to a convent in New York and was fired finally for my insistence that the Immaculate Conception was spontaneous combustion.
Dorothy Parker