Best Dorothy Parker Lines
- A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika. Bad
- They say of me, and so they should, It's doubtful if I come to good. Doubtful
- I hate writing, I love having written. Hate
- If all the girls attending [the Yale prom] were laid end to end, I wouldn't be at all surprised. All
- She can sit up and beg, and she can give her paw — I don't say she will, but she can. Beg
- The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires. Air
- Yet, as only New Yorkers know, if you can get through the twilight, you'll live through the night. Inspirational
- Her big heart did not, as is so sadly often the case, inhabit a big bosom. Big
- You don’t want a general houseworker, do you? Or a traveling companion, quiet, refined, speaks fluent French entirely in the present tense? Or an assistant… Any
- Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne. Attain
- Where's the man that could ease a heart like a satin gown? Ease
- Don't look at me in that tone of voice. Attitude
- Woman wants monogamy; Man delights in novelty. Love is woman's moon and sun; Man has other forms of fun. Woman lives but in her lord;… Bored
- Tonstant Weader fwowed up. Funny
- His voice was as intimate as the rustle of sheets. Intimate
- The only “ism” Hollywood believes in is plagiarism. Believe
- That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can't say 'No' in any of them. Any
- She runs the gamut of emotions from A to B. Acting
- Salary is no object: I want only enough to keep body and soul apart. Apart
- Authors and actors and artists and such - Never know nothing, and never know much. Actors
- I'd like to have money. And I'd like to be a good writer. These two can come together, and I hope they will, but if… Adorable
- If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the best you can do, and it's the fact that it's… Best
- There must be courage; there must be no awe. There must be criticism, for humor, to my mind, is encapsulated in criticism. There must be… Awe
- There was nothing separate about her days. Like drops on the window-pane, they ran together and trickled away. Days
- Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away. Breakup
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