Humour Quote by Dorothy Parker Download Open image “How could they tell? (on being told that Calvin Coolidge was dead)” — Dorothy Parker ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Calvin Coolidge Humour Sarcasm
On being told of the death of former President Calvin Coolidge: How could they tell? — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
Coolidge is the best living demonstration that, if you keep silent long enough, something fortunate may happen to you. — Ursula Parrott Copy Share Image
Coolidge's stat was so low; he's ranked in the bottom half of presidents. What I found when I encountered this man was the leader… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
Coolidge was a federalist. You go back and read him and it's almost intimidating to write about him because he writes better himself than… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
Calvin Coolidge was one of the best presidents. Why? Because he did absolutely nothing. — Milo Yiannopoulos Copy Share Image
There comes Coolidge and does nothing and retires a hero, not only because he hadn't done anything, but because he had done it better… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
In a way, Calvin Coolidge is better than Reagan. His tax rates were lower, and he cut budgets. — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
The most remarkable thing about Calvin Coolidge is that he served for 67 months, and when he left office, the budget was lower than… — Amity Shlaes 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. Oh, hard is the struggle, and sparse is The gain of the one at the top, For art is a form of catharsis, And love is a permanent flop, And work is the province of cattle,… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share
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
“law that stated you didn't advertise any event you hadn't attended, any place you'd never been, or any band you didn't really listen to.” — Mhairi McFarlane Copy Share Image
To refer even in passing to unpublished or struggling authors and their problems is to put oneself at some risk, so I will say… — Kingsley Amis Copy Share Image
“Wish in one hand, shit in the other, see which one fills up faster.” — Noelle Oxenhandler Copy Share Image
“Men circle like bees around honey, buzzing to communicate their sexual despair.” — Carla H Krueger Copy Share Image
It goes to show you how we in the press so often miss the big stories that are right under our noses. There is a famous journalistic legend about the time a young reporter covered the Johnstown flood of 1889. The kid wrote: God sat on a hillside overlooking Johnstown today and looked at the destruction He had wrought. His… — Roger Ebert Copy Share
“What if," replied Inspector Fry in the same maddeningly curteous tone, "we were all to construct daisy chains and drape them so as to… — Lyndsay Faye Copy Share Image
No woman ever yet either reasoned or acted long together consequentially; but some little thing, some love, some resentment, somepresent momentary interest, some supposed… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
“Holy shit," somebody muttered in the dark. "A virgin," sputtered another. "I didn't know they still made them." "He just did.” — Larry Kramer Copy Share Image
“True, science has conquered many diseases, broken the genetic code, and even placed human beings on the moon, and yet when a man of… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
“John, let me make one thing clear,” Jim said, cutting me off in his most stern, evangelical voice. “Every man is blessed with his gifts from the Lord. One of mine happens to be a penis large enough that, if it had a penis of its own, my penis’ penis would be larger than your penis.”… ..."Fuck all of you,”… — David Wong Copy Share
“Life is like yoga; the only way you can enjoy it is by relaxing into any position you happen to find yourself in.” — Jon Wakeham Copy Share Image
![“[On hearing that President Coolidge was dead:] How can you tell?” quote by Dorothy Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/736/dorothy-parker-700_hearing_on-hearing-that-president-coolidge-was-d_1819452.jpg)
