Quotes by Dorothy Parker

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

Brevity is the soul of lingerie.

I don't care what is written about me so long as it isn't true.

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.

If all the girls who attended the Yale prom were laid end to end, I wouldn't be a bit surprised.

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.

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

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

That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment.
('But the One on the Right,' in New Yorker, 1929)

They sicken of the calm, who knew the storm.
('Fair Weather,' Sunset Gun, 1928)

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

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.
(Here Lies (1939), "The Little Hours")

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.
(Not So Deep as a Well (1937), "Comment")

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

She runs the gamut of emotions from A to B.
(speaking of Katharine Hepburn)