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Your Quotes for 22 August 2005 - Dorothy Parker

Dorothy Rothschild was born at West End, New Jersey on this day in 1893. Hers was not a life, and she made a reputation for bitter commentary of great style and wit as Dorothy Parker. For most of her life, her work was welcomed by the public and editors, although she was fired at Vanity Fair for her harsh criticism of Broadway productions. She also wrote for Vogue, the New Yorker, Life, the Saturday Evening Post, and Esquire. She won an Oscar for the screenplay for A Star Is Born. Despite being one of the most quoted writers in America, she struggled with alcohol and depression, and attempted suicide four times. But she left us a wealth of great quotes.

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

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

I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless, and stupid.

If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.

The two most beautiful words in the English language are "check enclosed."

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.

I was the toast of two continents: Greenland and Australia.
     - All from Dorothy Parker, 1893 - 1967

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