N > N's Quotes

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

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

“What fresh hell is this?”
― Dorothy Parker, The Portable Dorothy Parker

“Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at the moment. ”
― Robert Benchley

“Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, owing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent knows what we are talking about.”
― Robert Benchley

“After an author has been dead for some time, it becomes increasingly difficult for his publishers to get a new book out of him each year.”
― Robert Benchley

“A great many people have come up to me and asked how I manage to get so much work done and still keep looking so dissipated.”
― Robert Benchley