Dorothy Parker Quotes, Thoughts and images

Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician.

Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye.

If you don't have anything nice to say, come sit by me.

Never throw mud: you can miss the target, but your hands will remain dirty.

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.

The first thing I do in the morning is brushing my teeth and sharpen my tongue.

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

You can't teach an old dogma new tricks.

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

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

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

A hangover is the wrath of grapes.

I'm not a writer with a drinking problem, I'm a drinker with a writing problem.

Vice is nice, but liquor is quicker.

I hate almost all rich people, but I think I’d be darling at it.

I hate writing, I love having written.

Writing is the art of applying the ass to the seat.

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

But I don't give up; I forget why not.

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

I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.

If you wear a short enough skirt, the party will come to you.

He is a writer for the ages, the ages of four to eight.

Genius can write on the back of old envelopes but mere talent requires the finest stationery available.

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

The best way to avoid a hangover is to stay drunk.

Writing well is the best revenge.

Most good women are hidden treasures who are only safe because nobody looks for them.

Women and elephants never forget.

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