Memorable Quotes and quotations from Dorothy Parker

Dorothy Parker US author, humorist, poet, & wit (1893 - 1967)


Dorothy Parker - suggested for her tombstone
- This is on me.

Dorothy Parker - (attributed)
- The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.

Dorothy Parker -
- Trapped, like a trap in a trap.

Dorothy Parker -
- "Coolidge is dead"
"How could they tell?

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

Dorothy Parker -
- 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.

Dorothy Parker -
- The affair between Margot Asquith and Margot Asquith will live as one of the prettiest love stories in all literature.

Dorothy Parker -
- Brevity is the soul of lingerie.

Dorothy Parker - when told she was outspoken
- By whom?

Dorothy Parker -
- I went to a convent in New York and was fired finally for my insistence that the Immaculate Conception was spontaneous combustion.

Dorothy Parker -
- Take care of the luxuries and the necessities will take care of themselves.

Dorothy Parker - speaking of Katharine Hepburn
- She runs the gamut of emotions from A to B.

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

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

Dorothy Parker - Not So Deep as a Well (1937), "News Item"
- Men seldom make passes
At girls who wear glasses.

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

Dorothy Parker - telegram to friend who had given birth
- Dear Mary: We all knew you had it in you.

Dorothy Parker -
- The only "ism" hollywood believes in is plagiarism.

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

Dorothy Parker -
- Brevity is the soul of lingerie.

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.

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

Dorothy Parker -
- Men seldom make passes
At girls who wear glasses.

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

Dorothy Parker -
- The only "ism" Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.

Dorothy Parker -
- Brevity is the soul of lingerie.

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.

Dorothy Parker -
- His voice was a intimate as the rustle of sheets.

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

Dorothy Parker - book review
- This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.

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

Dorothy Parker -
- 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.