Dorothy Parker quotes

Dorothy Parker was an American poet, writer, and critic, celebrated for her sharp wit and satirical style. Her work became influential in New York literary circles, particularly as a founding member of the Algonquin Round Table. She is remembered for her biting humor, memorable quotes, and contributions to American literature. Here are 176 of her quotes:

Brevity is the soul of lingerie.

Dorothy Parker

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

Dorothy Parker

All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.

Dorothy Parker

Scratch an actor and you'll find an actress.

Dorothy Parker

One more drink and I'd have been under the host.

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 . . . a list of quotations from minds profound - if I can remember any of the damn things.

Dorothy Parker

You can't teach an old dogma new tricks.

Dorothy Parker

I hate writing, I love having written.

Dorothy Parker

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

Dorothy Parker

Drink and dance and laugh and lie, Love, the reeling midnight through, For tomorrow we shall die! (But, alas, we never do.)

Dorothy Parker

If wild my breast and sore my pride, I bask in dreams of suicide, If cool my heart and high my head I think 'How lucky are the dead.

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

All those writers who write about their own childhood! Gentle God, if I wrote about mine you wouldn't sit in the same room with me.

Dorothy Parker

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

Dorothy Parker

If all the young ladies who attended the Yale promenade dance were laid end to end, no one would be the least surprised.

Dorothy Parker

[On Katharine Hepburn's stage performance:] She ran the whole gamut of emotions, from A to B.

Dorothy Parker

It's not the tragedies that kill us; it's the messes.

Dorothy Parker

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

Dorothy Parker

And I'll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.

Dorothy Parker

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

Dorothy Parker

Salary is no object: I want only enough to keep body and soul apart.

Dorothy Parker