373 Quotes by Dorothy Parker

Just begin a story with such a phrase as ‘I remember Disraeli – poor old Dizz! – once saying to me, in answer to my poke in the eye,’ and you will find me and Morpheus off in a corner, necking.

Honesty means nothing until you are tested under circumstances where you are sure you could get away with dishonesty.

Guido Natso is natso guido.

The sweeter the apple, the blacker the core. Scratch a lover and find a foe!

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

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!

I know this will come as a shock to you, Mr. Goldwyn, but in all history, which has held billions and billions of human beings, not a single one ever had a happy ending.

Never throw mud. You may miss your mark, but you will have dirty hands.

Civilization is coming to an end, you understand.