373 Quotes by Dorothy Parker

I am not sick, I am not well. My quondam dreams are shot to hell.

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

Woman lives but in her lord; / Count to ten, and man is bored. / With this the gist and sum of it, / What earthly good can come of it?

Wit has truth in it; wise-cracking is simply calisthenics with words.

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

I shudder at the thought of men.... I'm due to fall in love again

Every love's the love before in a duller dress.

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

Not a soul dropped in to see me in my little cubicle in the office for days on end. I finally solved the problem by scratching my name off the door and replacing it with the legend 'Gents’ Room.'