Here are 10 quips to illustrate the quick wit by which Dorothy Parker made her name.
– From "The Collected Dorothy Parker" “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.”
– From "The Collected Dorothy Parker"
Two at the very most.
After three I'm under the table,
after four I'm under my host.”
– From "The Collected Dorothy Parker"
“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.”
– Life, (1926)
"Brevity is the soul of lingerie."
http://www.csmonitor.com/Books/2013/0821/Dorothy-Parker-10-quotes-on-her-birthday/Drinking