Dorothy Parker Quotes

You can't teach an old dogma new tricks. - Dorothy Parker

You can't do four movies and be good to everybody and be flying all night and shooting all day with a different wig and then be going to sing on Broadway without feeling a little tired. You endlessly feel you're letting somebody down. - Dorothy Parker

You can drag a horticulture, but you can't make her think. - Dorothy Parker

Work is the province of cattle. - Dorothy Parker

Woman wants monogamy; / Man delights in novelty. / Love is woman's moon and sun; / Man has other forms of fun. . . / With this the gist and sum of it, / What earthly good can come of it? - Dorothy Parker

Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words. - Dorothy Parker

Why, that dog is practically a Phi Beta Kappa. She can sit up and beg, and she can give her paw -- I don't say she will but she can. - Dorothy Parker

Why is it no one ever sent me yet one perfect limousine, do you suppose? Ah no, it's always just my luck to get one perfect rose. - Dorothy Parker

Where's the man could ease a heart / Like a satin gown? - Dorothy Parker

When your bank account is so overdrawn that it is positively photographic, steps must be taken. - Dorothy Parker

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