Dorothy Parker

When your bank account is so overdrawn that it is positively photographic, steps must be taken.

When your bank account is so overdrawn that it is positively photographic, steps must be taken.

I know that there are things that never have been funny, and never will be. And I know that ridicule read more

I know that there are things that never have been funny, and never will be. And I know that ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.

Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.

Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.

Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.

Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.

Sorrow is tranquillity remembered in emotion.

Sorrow is tranquillity remembered in emotion.