They sicken of the calm, who knew the storm.

—Dorothy Parker

About Dorothy Parker

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Dorothy Parker (née Rothschild; August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American poet, literary critic and writer of fiction. Based in New York, she was known for her caustic wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles.

More quotations from Dorothy Parker

That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment.

—Dorothy Parker

I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do Things. I don't do any thing. Not one single thing. I used to bite my nails, but I don't even do that any more.

—Dorothy Parker

She runs the gamut of emotions from A to B.

—Dorothy Parker

If all the girls who attended the Yale prom were laid end to end, I wouldn't be a bit surprised.

—Dorothy Parker

I might repeat to myself slowly and soothingly, a list of quotations beautiful from minds profound—if I can remember any of the damn things.

—Dorothy Parker

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