Dorothy Parker

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

This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.

The best way to keep children home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant--and let the air out of the tires.
Dorothy Parker - speaking of Katharine Hepburn
She runs the gamut of emotions from A to B.
Dorothy Parker - when told she was outspoken
By whom?

The affair between Margot Asquith and Margot Asquith will live as one of the prettiest love stories in all literature.
Dorothy Parker - Not So Deep as a Well (1937), "Comment"
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 Romania.

Brevity is the soul of lingerie.

His voice was a intimate as the rustle of sheets.
Dorothy Parker - (attributed)
The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.

Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,
A medley of extemporanea;
And love is thing that can never go wrong;
And I am Marie of Romania.

Men seldom make passes
At girls who wear glasses.
Dorothy Parker - Not So Deep as a Well (1937), "News Item"
Men seldom make passes
At girls who wear glasses.
Dorothy Parker - suggested for her tombstone
This is on me.

Trapped, like a trap in a trap.

Brevity is the soul of lingerie.

The only "ism" hollywood believes in is plagiarism.

"Coolidge is dead"
"How could they tell?

Every year, back come Spring, with nasty little birds yapping their fool heads off and the ground all mucked up with plants.

The only "ism" Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.

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.

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

A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.

If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.
Dorothy Parker - book review
This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.

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

The two most beautiful words in the English language are ``check enclosed.'

If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.

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

Brevity is the soul of lingerie.

I went to a convent in New York and was fired finally for my insistence that the Immaculate Conception was spontaneous combustion.
Dorothy Parker - telegram to friend who had given birth
Dear Mary: We all knew you had it in you.

- Dorothy Parker