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It turns out that, at social gatherings, as a source of entertainment, conviviality, and good fun, I rank somewhere between a sprig of parsley and a single ice-skate.

It turns out that, at social gatherings, as a source of entertainment, conviviality, and good fun, I rank somewhere between a sprig of parsley and a single ice-skate.

Dorothy Parker
Fun, Ice, Gathering

If I didn't care for fun and such, I'd probably amount to much. But I shall stay the way I am, Because I do not give a damn.

Dorothy Parker
Fun, Failure, Giving
"Enough Rope". Book by Dorothy Parker, 1926.

If I had a shiny gun I could have a world of fun Speeding bullets through the brains Of the folks that cause me pains :)

Dorothy Parker
Fun, Pain, Gun

(Scottish Terriers) have all the compactness of a small dog and all the valor of a big one. And they are so exceedingly sturdy that it is proverbial that the only thing fatal to them is being run over by an automobile - in which case the car itself knows it has been in a fight.

Dorothy Parker
Running, Dog, Fun

People are more fun than anyone.

Dorothy Parker
Fun, People

On lady novelists: As artists they're rot, but as providers they're oil wells; they gush. Norris said she never wrote a story unless it was fun to do. I understand Ferber whistles at her typewriter.

Dorothy Parker
Fun, Artist, Typewriters
Quoted in Paris Review, Summer 1956

Woman wants monogamy; Man delights in novelty. Love is woman's moon and sun; Man has other forms of fun. Woman lives but in her lord; Count to ten, and man is bored. With this the gist and sum of it, What earthly good can come of it?

Dorothy Parker
Fun, Moon, Love Is
Not So Deep as a Well (1937) "General Review of the Sex Situation"

If I don't drive around the park, I'm pretty sure to make my mark. If I'm in bed each night by ten, I may get back my looks again. If I abstain from fun and such, I'll probably amount to much; But I shall stay the way I am, Because I do not give a damn.

Dorothy Parker
Fun, Humorous, Night
Dorothy Parker (1944). “Dorothy Parker”

People are more than fun than anybody.

Dorothy Parker
Fun, People

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