Dorothy Parker - Time Quotes

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By the time you say you're his,
Shivering and sighing
And he vows his passion is
Infinite, undying—
Lady, make a note of this:
One of you is lying.

Dorothy Parker
There is no such hour on the present clock as 6:30, New York time. Yet, as only New Yorkers know, if you can get through the twilight, you'll live through the night.

Dorothy Parker
She had spent the golden time in grudging it going.

Dorothy Parker
I thought that was going to be a good song, too, and then they went and rhymed time and Rhine, and spoiled everything.

Dorothy Parker
There is one thing that appreciably eases the strain for the plays that arrive at this time of year, and that is that practically nothing is expected of them.

Dorothy Parker
Then she told herself to stop her nonsense. If you looked for things to make you feel hurt and wretched and unnecessary, you were certain to find them, more easily each time, so easily, soon, that you did not even realize you had gone out searching. Women alone often developed into experts at the practice. She must never join their dismal league.

Dorothy Parker
By the time you swear you're his,
Shivering and sighing,
And he vows his passion is
Infinite, Undying—
Lady, make a note of this:
One of you is lying.

Dorothy Parker
Upton Sinclair is his own King Charles' head. He cannot keep himself out of his writings, try though he may; or, by this time, try though he doesn't.

Dorothy Parker
There are times when images blow to fluff, and comparisons stiffen and shrivel.

Dorothy Parker
Travel, trouble, music, art, a kiss, a frock, a rhyme — I never said they feed my heart, but still they pass my time.

Dorothy Parker