Dorothy Parker quotes - page 7

I thought that was going to be a good song, too, and then they went and rhymed "time” and "Rhine,” and spoiled everything. p. 24. (Dorothy Parker)

In short, there is everything about this season's entertainment to make the Hippodrome what it always is-a Temple of the Arts to all those who hang pennants on their automobiles, use "Shake hands with my friend” as a formula for introduction, and sprinkle powdered sugar on their sliced tomatoes. p. 106.

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This use of soldiers to make a play popular seems too much like taking an unfair advantage of the uniform-hitting below the Sam Browne belt, as it were. p. 93.

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Bringing in a wounded soldier is getting to be rather like waving an American flag at the end of an act. One cannot harbor feelings of unmixed admiration for the playwright who will hide behind either of them. p. 250.

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Sinbad is produced in accordance with the fine old Shubert precept that nothing succeeds like undress.

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Writing a book for the Follies seems to be about as profitable an occupation as furnishing flannel petticoats for the showgirls.

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Mr. Hodge plays with his accustomed ease, even carrying the thing so far as to repeat many of his lines with his eyes shut; and in a pretty spirit of reciprocity, many members of the audience sit through the play with their eyes shut.

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Naturally, you know how you would feel on setting out to see a performance of Aucassin and Nicolette done by a company of little ones; you would strive to hurl yourself beneath the wheels of a friendly truck, on your way to the theatre.

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So seeing that there is nothing further to say, I shall go right on talking about The Circle, thus proving that I am a born reviewer of plays.

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There is one thing that appreciably eases the strain for the plays that arrive at this time of year, and that is that practically nothing is expected of them.

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I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy. (Dorothy Parker)

I'll be the way I was when I first met him. Then maybe he'll like me again. I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it's so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.

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How do people go to sleep? I'm afraid I've lost the knack.

Dorothy Parker

Never throw mud: you can miss the target, but your hands will remain dirty.

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I'm never going to accomplish anything; that's perfectly clear to me. I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do Things. I don't do anything. Not one single thing. I used to bite my nails, but I don't even do that any more.

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This wasn't just plain terrible, this was fancy terrible. This was terrible with raisins in it." [].

Dorothy Parker

I'm never going to accomplish anything; that's perfectly clear to me.

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Razors pain you, Rivers are damp, Acids stain you, And drugs cause cramp. Guns aren't lawful, Nooses give, Gas smells awful. You might as well live.

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In youth, it was a way I had, To do my best to please. And change, with every passing lad To suit his theories. But now I know the things I know And do the things I do, And if you do not like me so, To hell, my love, with you.

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Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.

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Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment. (Dorothy Parker)

You think You're frightening me with Your hell, don't You? You think Your hell is worse than mine.

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Never complain, never explain.

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I'm quite all right. I'm not even scared. You see, I've learned from looking around, there is something worse than loneliness--and that's the fear of it.

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72 suburbs in search of a city.

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