"Don't look at me in that tone of voice."
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Dorothy Parker
26 quotes
Quotes by Dorothy Parker
"I don't know much about being a millionaire, but I'll bet I'd be darling at it."
"I don't care what is written about me so long as it isn't true."
"Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away."
"Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both."
"The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires."
"I require three things in a man: he must be handsome, ruthless, and stupid."
"If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they’re happy."
"If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to."
"If I had a shiny gun I could have a world of fun Speeding bullets through the brains Of the folks that cause me pains :)"
"There's a hell of a distance between wise-cracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wise-cracking is simply calisthenics with words."[Interview, The Paris Review, Summer 1956]"
"Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone."
"I require three things in a man: he must be handsome, ruthless, and stupid."
"If I had a shiny gun I could have a world of fun Speeding bullets through the brains Of the folks that cause me pains :)"
"I hate writing, I love having written."
"If I had a shiny gun I could have a world of fun Speeding bullets through the brains Of the folks that cause me pains :)"
"If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they’re happy."
"By the time you swear you're his,Shivering and sighing.And he vows his passion is,Infinite, undying.Lady make note of this --One of you is lying."
"Four be the things I'd have been better without: love, curiosity, freckles and doubt."
"Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses."