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Quotes by Dorothy Parker

  • I don't know much about being a millionaire, but I'll bet I'd be darling at it.
  • Take care of the luxuries and the necessities will take care of themselves.
  • I might repeat to myself slowly and soothingly, a list of quotations beautiful from minds profound - if I can remember any of the damn things.
  • They sicken of the calm that know the storm.
  • If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.
  • The best way to keep children home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant--and let the air out of the tires.
  • That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment.
  • If all the girls who attended the Yale prom were laid end to end, I wouldn't be a bit surprised.
  • This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.
  • I don't care what is written about me so long as it isn't true.
  • I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do Things. I don't do any thing. Not one single thing. I used to bite my nails, but I don't even do that any more.
  • She runs the gamut of emotions from A to B.
  • The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
  • Men seldom make passes At girls who wear glasses.
  • Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song, A medley of extemporanea And love is a thing that can never go wrong And I am Marie of Roumania.