Dorothy Parker Quotes

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.

This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.

That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment.

I don`t care what is written about me so long as it isn`t true.

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.

She runs the gamut of emotions from A to B.

I`ve never been a millionaire but I just know I`d be darling at it.

Men seldom make passes At girls who wear glasses.

A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.

Take care of the luxuries and the necessities will take care of themselves.

They sicken of the calm, who knew the storm.

Brevity is the soul of lingerie.

If wild my breast and sore my pride, I bask in dreams of suicide, If cool my heart and high my head I think "How lucky are the dead.

If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.

If all the girls who attended the Yale prom were laid end to end, I wouldn`t be a bit surprised.

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.

The best way to keep children home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant--and let the air out of the tires.

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.

Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, may be prolonged to the point where it ceases to excite pity and arouses only irritation.

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 Rumania

Gratitude - the meanest and most snivelling attribute in the world.

Money was made, not to command our will, But all our lawful pleasures to fulfill. Shame and woe to us, if we our wealth obey; The horse doth with the horseman away.

When your bank account is so overdrawn that it is positively photographic, steps must be taken.

Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.