Dorothy Parker
21 quotations
They sicken at the calm that know the storm.
Brevity is the soul of lingerie.
Where's the man could ease a heart, like a satin gown?
I don't care what anybody says about me as long as it isn't true.
Gratitude -- the meanest and most sniveling attribute in the world.
Hollywood money isn't money. It's congealed snow, melts in your hand, and there you are.
You can lead a whore to culture but you can't make her think.
I shall stay the way I am because I do not give a damn.
Scratch a lover, and find a foe.
I require three things in a man. He must be handsome, ruthless, and stupid.
Enjoyed it! One more drink and I'd have been under the host.
She runs the gamut of emotions from A to B.
Art is a form of catharsis.
Good work, Mary. We all knew you had it in you.
Sorrow is tranquility remembered in emotion.
This book is not to be tossed lightly aside, but to be hurled with great force.
It's not the tragedies that kill us, it's the messes.
Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.
The two most beautiful words in the English language are: Check Enclosed.
Work is the province of cattle.
This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.