Selected quotes by

Parker Dorothy

1893 - 1967 (74)

Parker Dorothy
8 quotes
Quote 1

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

Quote 2

I don't care what is written about me so long as it isn't true.

Quote 3

Heterosexuality is not normal, it's just common.

Quote 4

That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can't say 'No' in any of them.

Quote 5

“There's a hell of a distance between wise-cracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wise-cracking is simply calisthenics with words.

Quote 6

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

Quote 7

“I'm not a writer with a drinking problem, I'm a drinker with a writing problem.”

Quote 8

But I don't give up; I forget why not.