163 ordspråk av Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Parker
When told that a certain woman would not hurt a fly Dorothy Parker retorted, "Not if it was buttoned up
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When your bank account is so overdrawn that it is positively photographic, steps must be taken.
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Where's the man could ease a heart / Like a satin gown?
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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.
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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.
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Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.
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With the crown of thorns I wear, why should I be bothered with a prick like you?
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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?
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Work is the province of cattle.
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You can drag a horticulture, but you can't make her think.
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You can lead a whore to culture, but you can't make her think.
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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.
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You can't teach an old dogma new tricks.
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