Dorothy Parker Quotes

American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist (1893-1967)

Dorothy Parker (August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American writer, poet, and critic. A fixture of 1920s literary society known for her acerbic wit and low opinion of romantic relationships, she became a member of the Algonquin Round Table.

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Birth Name: Dorothy Rothschild

Alternative Names: Dot Rothschild • Dottie Rothschild

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There is one thing about Fiddlers Three, though, that held my attention all through the evening: Try as I might I could only discern two fiddlers. p. 42

They exude an atmosphere of The New Republic—a sort of Crolier-than-thou air. p. 36

I thought that was going to be a good song, too, and then they went and rhymed “time” and “Rhine,” and spoiled everything. p. 24

Anyone can do that—the stunt lies in not doing it. p. 8

Sinbad is produced in accordance with the fine old Shubert precept that nothing succeeds like undress. p. 6

Almost overnight, Dorothy Parker was transformed from a woman of letters into a gin-soaked quote machine, with a martini in one hand and a dagger in the other. p. xiii

Dotty had
Great Big
Visions of
Quietude.
Dotty saw an
Ad, and it
Left her
Flat.
Dotty had a
Great Big
Snifter of Cyanide.
And that (said Dotty)
Is that.

Katharine Hepburn delivered a striking performance that ran the gamut of emotions, from A to B.

Brevity is the soul of lingerie.

And there was that wholesale libel on a Yale prom. If all the girls attending it were laid end to end, Mrs Parker said, she wouldn't be at all surprised.

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

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.

What fresh hell can this be?

You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think.

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