“Writing a book for the Follies seems to be about as profitable an occupation as furnishing flannel petticoats for the showgirls.”

— Dorothy Parker, Dorothy Parker: Complete Broadway, 1918–1923 (2014), p. 151

About Dorothy Parker

American poet, critic and satirist, known for sharp wit and for the verse collection 'Enough Rope' (1926).

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

“Salary is no object: I want only enough to keep body and soul apart.”

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

“From a Child I was fond of Reading, and all the little Money that came into my Hands was ever laid out in Books.”

“Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.”

“Be attentive therefore, according to the instruction of the Gospel, to learn obedience from the lily and the bird.”

“I must study the plain physical facts of the case, ascertain what is possible, and learn what appears to be wise and right.”

“I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power, the greater it will be.”

“Life consists in the alternate process of learning and unlearning; but it is often wiser to unlearn than to learn.”