Dorothy Parker quotes - page 6

Yet, as only New Yorkers know, if you can get through the twilight, you'll live through the night. (Dorothy Parker)
Some men break your heart in two, Some men fawn and flatter, Some men never look at you; And that cleans up the matter. View quote
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Sometimes I think I'll give up trying, and just go completely Russian and sit on a stove and moan all day. View quote
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Oh, seek, my love, your newer way; I'll not be left in sorrow. So long as I have yesterday, Go take your damned tomorrow! View quote
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I never see that prettiest thing- A cherry bough gone white with Spring- But what I think, "How gay 'twould be To hang me from a flowering tree. View quote
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Excuse my dust. View quote
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Prince or commoner, tenor or bass, Painter or plumber or never-do-well, Do me a favor and shut your face - Poets alone should kiss and tell. View quote
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This is me apologizing. I am a fool, a bird-brain, a liar and a horse-thief. I wouldn't touch a superlative again with an umbrella. View quote
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It costs me never a stab nor squirm To tread by chance upon a worm. "Aha, my little dear," I say, "Your clan will pay me back some day." View quote
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Ah, clear they see and true they say That one shall weep, and one shall stray. View quote
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They say of me, and so they should, It's doubtful if I come to good. (Dorothy Parker)
tomorrow's gone-we'll have tonight! View quote
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Because your eyes are slant and slow, Because your hair is sweet to touch, My heart is high again; but oh, I doubt if this will get me much. View quote
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Accursed from their birth they be Who seek to find monogamy, Pursuing it from bed to bed- I think they would be better dead. View quote
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Of course, there are many things to be said for the afternoon performance, chief among them being that it cuts in so generously on one's work. p. 201. View quote
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They exude an atmosphere of The New Republic-a sort of Crolier-than-thou air. p. 36. View quote
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The murdered man meets his death in an intriguing and novel manner, which the management asks its customers, as a personal favor, not to reveal to possible future audiences. It remains a secret, chummily shared by those that have seen the play and the four or five million who read it in its original form as a Saturday Evening Post story a year or so ago. p. 320. View quote
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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. View quote
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And she had It. It, hell; she had Those. View quote
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A lady ... with all the poise of the Sphinx though but little of her mystery. View quote
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And you remember, Rabbi Wise has declared, in a heated moment, that our plays seem to be written for the hosiery buyers. If Dr. Wise had only witnessed our new summer reviews, he doubtless would have amended his statement to read "by the hosiery buyers.”. (Dorothy Parker)
The musical comedies of the month are She's a Good Fellow and The Lady in Red, both of which owe their book and lyrics to Anne Caldwell-evidently a native of New York, judged by the casualness with which she rhymes "teacher” and "reach a.”. View quote
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Well, Aimee Semple McPherson has written a book. And were you to call it a little peach, you would not be so much as scratching its surface. It is the story of her life, and it is called In the Service of the King, which title is perhaps a bit dangerously suggestive of a romantic novel. It may be that this autobiography is set down in sincerity, frankness and simple effort. It may be, too, that the Statue of Liberty is situated in Lake Ontario. View quote
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[On being told of Calvin Coolidge's death] How do they know? (Coolidge was well-known for being a man of very few words.) View quote
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Van and Schenck put their songs over so skillfully that it isn't until their act is all done that you realize what extremely indifferent songs they are. Now, when John Steel is singing, on the other hand, you are never fooled for a moment. p.153. View quote
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