Zitate von Dorothy Parker

„Du kannst saufen, tanzen, lügen und lachen,
die ganze Nacht durch Liebe machen
Eigentlich sind wir morgen tot!
Doch damit hat's leider wohl keine Not.“

—  Dorothy Parker

„Schönheit ist nur hauttief, aber Hässlichkeit geht bis auf die Knochen.“

—  Dorothy Parker

„Wenn Sie wissen möchten, was Gott von Geld hält, schauen Sie sich einfach die Menschen an, denen er es gegeben hat.“

—  Dorothy Parker

„Ich weiß nicht viel darüber, ein Millionär zu sein, aber ich wette, ich würde es lieben.“

—  Dorothy Parker

„Schau mich nicht so an.“

—  Dorothy Parker

„Das erste, was ich morgens tun, ist meine Zähne putzen und meine Zunge schärfen.“

—  Dorothy Parker

„Ich mag einen Martini haben,
Höchstens zwei.
Nach drei bin ich unter dem Tisch,
Nach vier bin ich unter meinem Gastgeber.“

—  Dorothy Parker

„Das war nicht einfach schrecklich. Das war ganz glamourös schrecklich. Das war schrecklich mit Rosinen drin.“

—  Dorothy Parker

„Rasiermesser schmerzen dich,
Flüsse sind feucht,
Säuren färben dich,
Und Drogen verursachen Krämpfe.
Waffen sind nicht erlaubt,
Schlingen geben,
Gas riecht schrecklich.
Du könntest genauso gut leben.“

—  Dorothy Parker

„Drink and dance and laugh and lie,
Love, the reeling midnight through,
For tomorrow we shall die!
(But, alas, we never do.)“

—  Dorothy Parker, Death and Taxes

Quelle: "The Flaw in Paganism" in Death and Taxes (1931)

„Two things made The Dice of the Gods, another play about drugs, seem much better than it had any real right to seem. One was that Morphia had come first, and once you had seen Morphia, nothing seemd so very terrible to you. p. 375“

—  Dorothy Parker

Chapter 6: 1923

„By the time you swear you're his,
Shivering and sighing.
And he vows his passion is,
Infinite, undying.
Lady make note of this --
One of you is lying.“

—  Dorothy Parker

„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.“

—  Dorothy Parker, The Complete Poems of Dorothy Parker

Quelle: The Complete Poems of Dorothy Parker

„I don't know much about being a millionaire, but I'll bet I'd be darling at it.“

—  Dorothy Parker

Variante: I've never been a millionaire but I know I'd be just darling at it.

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

—  Dorothy Parker

„If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.“

—  Dorothy Parker

Man and the Gospel (1865) by Thomas Guthrie "and you may know how little God thinks of money by observing on what bad and contemptible characters he often bestows it."
“We may see the small Value God has for Riches, by the People he gives them to.” -- Alexander Pope (1727).
Misattributed
Variante: If you want to know what the Lord God thinks of money, just look at those to whom he gives it.

„The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue.“

—  Dorothy Parker

„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.“

—  Dorothy Parker, Enough Rope

Quelle: Enough Rope

„Heterosexuality is not normal, it's just common.“

—  Dorothy Parker