Creative Quotations from Dorothy Parker (1893-1967)

Creative Quotations from . . .

Dorothy Parker
(1893-1967) born on Aug 22

US "author, poet, journalist, humorist". "She was the celebrated caustic wit of the 1920s; wrote "Enough Rope," 1926 and "The Little Hours," 1944."

I might repeat to myself . . . a list of quotations from minds profound - if I can remember any of the damn things.

"They sicken of the calm, who knew the storm."

You can't teach an old dogma new tricks.

Brevity is the soul of lingerie.

This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	""The Little Hours.""
R:	""Fair Weather," "Sunset Gun," 1928."
A:	"In "The Algonquin Wits," ed. by Robert E. Drennan, 1968."
N:	"In "Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell is This?," 1988."
K:	"Book review; in "The Algonquin Wits," ed. by Robert E. Drennan, 1968."