"Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses," and other great Dorothy Parker quotes.
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Introduction
I was commenting on Noah's drinking quotes list, and it occured to me that no one had done a list of Dorothy Parker quotes. I first came accross her in the early 60s when one of my smart friends made an Algonquin Round Table reference; I chuckled and nodded knowingly, but had not a clue what he was talking about. So, I looked it up and wasn't too interested in the smart guys, but I also came accross Dorothy Parker as a founding member.
This woman paved the way for Irma Bombeck, and Molly Ivens, and this was at a time when women weren't supposed to be bawdy or funny.
"Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses"
"Four be the things I'd have been better without: Love, curiosity, freckles and doubt."
"Take care of luxuries and the necessities will take care of themselves."
"Money cannot buy health, but I'd settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair."
"Scratch a lover, and find a foe."
"You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think. "
Her response when asked to use "horticulture" in a sentence.
"That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can't say No in any of them."
" I like to have a martini, two at the very most. After three I'm under the table; after four I'm under the host."
"I don't care what is written about me so long as it isn't true."
"She runs the gamut of emotions from A to B."
Amazingly, she said this of Katherine Hepburn.
"Ducking for apples - change one letter and it's the story of my life."
"If all the girls who attended the Yale prom were laid end to end, I wouldn't be a bit surprised. "
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy."
Not Winston Churchill, or Tom Waits.
"The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. "
This one has a lot of meaning for me.
Dorothy Parker definitely was a groundbreaker---very clever, very witty. Excellent list!
Actually, lulu, kathybelle did Mae West.
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