Cool & famous Quotes by : Dorothy Parker

And if my heart be scarred and burned,The safer, I, for all I learned.

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• Inspirational

The sun's gone dim, and the moon's gone black. For I loved him, and he didn't love back.

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• Love

RésuméRazors pain you,Rivers are damp,Acids stain you,And drugs cause cramp.Guns aren't lawful,Nooses give,Gas smells awful.You might as well live.

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• Humor

Four be the things I'd have been better without: love, curiosity, freckles and doubt.

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• Humor

Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.

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• Humor

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.

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• Books

Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.

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• Humor

She runs the gamut of emotions from A to B.

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• Humor

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

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• Humor

That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment.

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• Humor

The two most beautiful words in the English language are 'cheque enclosed.

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• Humor

If I had a shiny gun I could have a world of fun Speeding bullets through the brains Of the folks that cause me pains :)

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• Truth

Don't look at me in that tone of voice.

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• Humor

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.

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• Humor

Be you wise and never sad,You will get your lovely lad.Never serious be, nor true,And your wish will come to you--And if that makes you happy, kid,You'll be the first it ever did.

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• Humor

Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.

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• Humor

Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.

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• Humor

If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they’re happy.

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• Happiness

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

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• Humor

That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can't say 'No' in any of them.

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• Humor

I hate writing, I love having written.

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• Writing

Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away.

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• Love

I require three things in a man: he must be handsome, ruthless, and stupid.

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• Humor

If all the girls attending [the Yale prom] were laid end to end, I wouldn't be at all surprised.

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• Humor

I don't know much about being a millionaire, but I'll bet I'd be darling at it.

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• Humor

I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.

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• Humor

It serves me right for putting all my eggs in one bastard.

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• Inspirational