Quotes by Dorothy Parker

I don't know much about being a millionaire, but I'll bet I'd be darling at it.
– Dorothy Parker
I don't care what is written about me so long as it isn't true.
– 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.
– Dorothy Parker
If all the girls who attended the Yale prom were laid end to end, I wouldn't be a bit surprised.
– Dorothy Parker
If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.
– Dorothy Parker
Take care of the luxuries and the necessities will take care of themselves.
– 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
This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.
– Dorothy Parker
That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment.
– Dorothy Parker
They sicken of the calm, who knew the storm.
– Dorothy Parker
The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
– Dorothy Parker
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.
– Dorothy Parker
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
Men seldom make passes
At girls who wear glasses.
– Dorothy Parker
She runs the gamut of emotions from A to B.
– Dorothy Parker