Dorothy Parker
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Dorothy Parker (August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist, best known for her wit, wisecracks, and eye for 20th century urban foibles.
… Parker rose to acclaim … for her literary output… Parker traveled to Hollywood to pursue screenwriting. Her successes there, including two Academy Award nominations, were curtailed as her involvement in left-wing politics led to a place on the Hollywood blacklist.
Dismissive of her own talents, she deplored her reputation as a “wisecracker.” Nevertheless, her literary output and reputation for her sharp wit have endured.
Dorothy Parker Quotes:
• You can lead a horticulture, but you can’t make her think.
• I’d rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy.
• I like to have a martini,
Two at the very most.
After three I’m under the table,
After four I’m under my host.
• All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.
• It serves me right for keeping all my eggs in one bastard.
• You can’t teach an old dogma new tricks.
• I don’t care what is written about me so long as it isn’t true.
posted by Randy Mazie
The Writer's Village 
sounds a little like a female George Bernard Shaw.
Okay, you piqued my interest because I did not think of Shaw as a humorist but after doing a net search, I found many quotes and some of my favorite are these:
“I’m an atheist and I thank God for it.”
― George Bernard Shaw
“All great truths begin as blasphemies.”
― George Bernard Shaw
“War does not decide who is right but who is left.”
― George Bernard Shaw
“Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.”
― George Bernard Shaw
“Animals are my friends…and I don’t eat my friends.”
― George Bernard Shaw
How about some more?
My favorite….
Shaw and the beautiful dancer Isadora Duncan (some versions replace Duncan with Italian actress Eleonara Duse). A big believer in eugenics, Duncan suggested that she and Shaw should have a child together. “Think of it!” she said, “With your brains and my body, what a wonder it would be.” Shaw thought for a moment and replied, “Yes, but what if it had my body and your brains?”
sort of “dancing with words”?
yes, he had that quick insightful wit. Which doesn’t mean he is always right, but always convincing.
Like a friend of mine would say, “I’m rarely wrong but certainly never in doubt.”
confidence carries the day
such positive outlooks 😉
I love her wit. “Brevity is the soul of lingerie!”
great one!
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