Frases de Dorothy Parker

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“Él y yo teníamos una oficina que de haber sido una pulgada más pequeña habría constituido adulterio”

“A un hombre sólo le pido tres cosas: que sea guapo, implacable y estúpido.”

“Cualquier mujer que aspire a comportarse como un hombre, seguro que carece de ambición.”

“Para cuando juras que eres suya,
Temblando y suspirando.
Y él jura que su pasión es,
Infinito, eterno.
Señora tome nota de esto …
Uno de ustedes está mintiendo.”

“Las dos palabras más bellas de la lengua inglesa son: cheque adjunto.”

“Katherine Hepburn recorrió la gama entera de las emociones, desde la A hasta la B”

“No sé mucho acerca de ser millonario, pero apuesto a que me encantaría.”

“El arte es una forma de catársis.”

“Cuatro cosas hay que me hubiera pasado mejor sin ellas: amor, curiosidad, pecas y dudas.”

“La brevedad es la esencia de la lencería”

“Ésta no es una novela que deba ser apartada a la ligera; debería ser arrojada con gran fuerza.”

“Perdonen por el polvo”

“La agudeza tiene algo de verdad en ella; la salida ocurrente no es más que gimnasia ligera con las palabras”

“La belleza es solo profunda de la piel, pero lo feo se va al hueso.”

“Odio escribir, me encanta haber escrito.”

“La mujer y el elefante nunca olvidan.”

“Es un alivio encontrar en un libro de leyes o reglas una que nunca te afectará.”

“Esa chica sabe hablar dieciocho idiomas, pero no sabe decir no en ninguno de ellos.”

“El dinero de Hollywood no es dinero. Es nieve congelada, se funde en tu mano.”

“La brevedad es la esencia de la lencería”

“I'm never going to accomplish anything; that's perfectly clear to me.”

“Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.”

“If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they’re happy.”

“If you wear a short enough skirt, the party will come to you.”

“The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires.”

“There's a hell of a distance between wise-cracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wise-cracking is simply calisthenics with words.”

“It serves me right for putting all my eggs in one bastard.”

“A hangover is the wrath of grapes.”

“I don't care what is written about me so long as it isn't true.”

“Four be the things I'd have been better without: love, curiosity, freckles and doubt.”

“I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it's so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.”

“Money cannot buy health, but I'd settle for a diamond-studded
wheelchair.”

“Women and elephants never forget.”

“Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away.”

“Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.”

“But I don't give up; I forget why not.”

“I'd like to have money. And I'd like to be a good writer. These two can come together, and I hope they will, but if that's too adorable, I'd rather have money.”

“A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.”

“The sun's gone dim, and the moon's gone black. For I loved him, and he didn't love back.”

“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.”

“Q: What's the difference between an enzyme and a hormone?

A: You can't hear an enzyme.”

“You think You're frightening me with Your hell, don't You? You think Your hell is worse than mine.”

“Three be the things I shall never attain:
Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.”

“His voice was as intimate as the rustle of sheets.”

“There was nothing separate about her days. Like drops on the window-pane, they ran together and trickled away.”

“If all the girls attending [the Yale prom] were laid end to end, I wouldn't be at all surprised.”

“I like best to have one book in my hand, and a stack of others on the floor beside me, so as to know the supply of poppy and mandragora will not run out before the small hours.”

“You can't teach an old dogma new tricks.”

“She runs the gamut of emotions from A to B.”