Dorothy Parker Quotes

Some quotes by Dorothy Parker

Razors pain you; rivers are damp; acids stain you; and drugs cause cramp. Guns aren’t lawful; nooses give; gas smells awful; you might as well live.

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.

Authors and actors and artists and such – Never know nothing, and never know much.

The best way to keep children home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant–and let the air out of the tires.

The two most beautiful words in the English language are ‘cheque enclosed.’

I’ve never been a millionaire but I just know I’d be darling at it.

Take care of the luxuries and the necessities will take care of themselves.

Money cannot buy health, but I’d settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair.

Brevity is the soul of lingerie.

Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it, and it darts away.

I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.

It serves me right for putting all my eggs in one bastard.

Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.

You can’t teach an old dogma new tricks.

If you want to see what God thinks of money, just look at all the people He gave it to.

I don’t care what anybody says about me as long as it isn’t true.

Lips that taste of tears, they say/ Are the best for kissing.

I shall stay the way I am because I do not give a damn.

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