The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
Oh, seek, my love, your newer way; I'll not be left in sorrow. So long as I have yesterday, Go take your… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
If I didn't care for fun and such, I'd probably amount to much, but I shall stay the way I am, because… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
Somewhere, there, is an analogy, in a small way, if you have the patience for it. But I guess it isn't a… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
The writer's way is rough and lonely, and who would choose it while there are vacancies in more gracious professions, such as,… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
“Observation" If I don't drive around the park, I'm pretty sure to make my mark. If I'm in bed each night by… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
I had been fed, in my youth, a lot of old wives' tales about the way men would instantly forsake a beautiful… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
Daily dawns another day; I must up, to make my way. Though I dress and drink and eat, Move my fingers and… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
[On Kay Strozzi in The Silent Witness:] Miss Strozzi ... had the temerity to wear as truly horrible a gown as ever… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
Men They hail you as their morning star Because you are the way you are. If you return the sentiment, They'll try… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
There's little in taking or giving, There's little in water or wine: This living, this living, this living, Was never a project of mine.… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
Hollywood is the one place on earth where you could die of encouragement. — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
“The two most beautiful words in the English language are 'check enclosed.” — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think Ill give up trying, and just go completely Russian and sit on a stove and moan all day. — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it's so easy to be sweet to people before you love them. — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, can be prolonged to the point where it ceases to excite pity and arouses only irritation. — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
The sun's gone dim, and the moon's gone black. For I loved him, and he didn't love back. — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
There's a hell of a distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words. — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song, A medley of extemporanea; And love is a thing that can never go wrong; And I… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
![“[Requesting her epitaph to read this way:] Excuse my dust.” quote by Dorothy Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/969/dorothy-parker-700_dust_requesting-her-epitaph-to-read-this-way_1236221.jpg)
![“I had been fed, in my youth, a lot of old wives' tales about the way men would instantly forsake a beautiful woman to flock around a brilliant one. It is but fair to say that, after getting out in the world, I had never seen this happen." [From a column dated November 17, 1928]” quote by Dorothy Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ffd/dorothy-parker-700_beautiful_i-had-been-fed-in-my-youth-a-lot-of-old_1684942.jpg)
![“[On Kay Strozzi in The Silent Witness:] Miss Strozzi ... had the temerity to wear as truly horrible a gown as ever I have seen on the American stage. ... Had she not luckily been strangled by a member of the cast while disporting this garment, I should have fought my way to the stage and done her…” quote by Dorothy Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/59a/dorothy-parker-700_casts_on-kay-strozzi-in-the-silent-witness-mis_2307687.jpg)
