Quotes: Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Parker
She was the femme fatale of the literary world - the wicked wit of the 1920s who coined the phrase "men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses". It's just too bad Dorothy Parker isn't around for Mock the Week - she'd have been just darling at it.
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That woman speaks 18 languages and can't say 'No' in any of them.
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On a film star: She delivered a performance that ran the gamut of emotions from A to B.
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The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue.
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When asked to come up with a sentence with the word horticulture in it: You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think.
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I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.
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This wasn't just plain terrible, this was fancy terrible. This was terrible with raisins in it.
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Money cannot buy health, but I'd settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair.
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In a book review: This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.
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Time doth flit; oh shit.
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I like to have a martini, two at the very most. After three I'm under the table, after four I'm under my host.
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