A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika. Dorothy Parker More Quotes by Dorothy Parker More Quotes From Dorothy Parker I know this will come as a shock to you, Mr. Goldwyn, but in all history, which has held billions and billions of human beings, not a single one ever had a happy ending. Dorothy Parker happy-endingsbillionsshock Hollywood money isn't money. It's congealed snow, melts in your hand, and there you are. Dorothy Parker moneysnowhands Little Words When you are gone, there is nor bloom nor leaf, Nor singing sea at night, nor silver birds; And I can only stare, and shape my grief In little words. I cannot conjure loveliness, to drown The bitter woe that racks my cords apart. The weary pen that sets my sorrow down Feeds at my heart. There is no mercy in the shifting year, No beauty wraps me tenderly about. I turn to little words- so you, my dear, Can spell them out. Dorothy Parker griefheartnight Women and elephants never forget. Dorothy Parker elephantsinspirationmemories For this my mother wrapped me warm, Dorothy Parker broken-heartmotherhome Oh, seek, my love, your newer way; I'll not be left in sorrow. So long as I have yesterday, Go take your damned tomorrow! Dorothy Parker sorrowyesterdaylong This is me apologizing. I am a fool, a bird-brain, a liar and a horse-thief. I wouldn't touch a superlative again with an umbrella. Dorothy Parker horseliarsbird Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship. Dorothy Parker fabricusefriendship People ought to be one of two things, young or dead. Dorothy Parker youngtwopeople [On hearing that Clare Boothe Luce was invariably kind to her inferiors:] And where does she find them? Dorothy Parker hearingkinddoe A girl's best friend is her mutter. Dorothy Parker girl They tire of quiet, that have known the storm Dorothy Parker stormtirequiet They sicken of the calm who know the storm. Dorothy Parker stormwomenadventure Of Orson Welles: It's like meeting God without dying. Dorothy Parker meetingsdying The Monte Carlo casino refused to admit me until I was properly dressed so I went and found my stockings, and then came back and lost my shirt. Dorothy Parker casinosshirtslost When your bank account is so overdrawn that it is positively photographic, steps must be taken. Dorothy Parker bank-accountstakensteps Mrs. Ewing was a short woman who accepted the obligation borne by so many short women to make up in vivacity what they lack in number of inches from the ground. Dorothy Parker inchesacceptednumbers Well, there are always those who cannot distinguish between glitter and glamour . . . the glamour of Isadora Duncan came from her great, torn, bewildered, foolhardy soul. Dorothy Parker duncanglittersoul Quick!! Act as if nothing has happened! Dorothy Parker happenedstupiditygod The definition of eternity is two people and a ham. Dorothy Parker funny-marriagetwopeople
