Quotes From "The Collected Dorothy Parker" By Dorothy Parker

I like to have a martini, Two at the very...
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I like to have a martini, Two at the very most. After three I'm under the table, after four I'm under my host. Dorothy Parker
Prince or commoner, tenor or bass, Painter or plumber or...
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Prince or commoner, tenor or bass, Painter or plumber or never-do-well, Do me a favor and shut your face -Poets alone should kiss and tell. Dorothy Parker
I like best to have one book in my hand,...
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I like best to have one book in my hand, and a stack of others on the floor beside me, so as to know the supply of poppy and mandragora will not run out before the small hours. Dorothy Parker
Now to me, Edith looks like something that would eat...
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Now to me, Edith looks like something that would eat her young. Dorothy Parker
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God, the bitter misery that reading works into this world! Everybody knows that - everbody who IS everybody. All the best minds have been off reading for years. Look at the swing La Rouchefoucauld took at it. He said that if nobody had ever learned to read, very few people would be in love. Good for you, La Rouchefoucauld; nice going, boy. I wish I’d never learned to read. Dorothy Parker