Humor to me, Heaven help me, takes in many things. — Dorothy Parker
Humor to me, Heaven help me, takes in many things. There must be courage; there must be no awe. There must be criticism, for humor, to my mind, is encapsulated in criticism.
More by Dorothy Parker
For most of my reading I go back to the old ones – for comfort.
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I went to a convent in New York and was fired finally for my insistence that the Immaculate Conception was spontaneous combustion.
The two ladies [Dorothy Parker and Clare Boothe Luce] were trying to get out of a doorway at the same time. Clare drew back and cracked, “Age before beauty, Miss Parker.” As Dotty swept out, she turned to the other gu…
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He watched, stunned, and while he was watching, Rick died. He could tell when it happened. There was a difference.
There is no education like adversity.
Benjamin Disraeli
Fashions, after all, are only induced epidemics.
George Bernard Shaw
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
Mark Twain
Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.
Leonardo da Vinci
Benjamin Disraeli
Fashions, after all, are only induced epidemics.
George Bernard Shaw
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
Mark Twain
Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.
Leonardo da Vinci