Dorothy Parker Quotes

It's a deep and all but certain truth about narcissistic personalities that to meet them is to love them, but to know them well is to find them unbearable. Confidence quickly curdles into arrogance; smarts turn to smugness, charm turns to smarm.

I have never been able to bear people who are obsessed with beauty.

I do all the work so it's only right that I should get the most money. Plus I am the most handsome.

Beautiful face. Beautiful body. Horrible attitude. It was the holy trinity of hot boys.

It's just that most really good-looking people are stupid, so I exceed expectations.' 'Right, it's primarily his hotness,' I said. 'It can be sort of blinding,' he said. 'It actually did blind our friend Isaac,' I said. 'Terrible tragedy, that. But can I help my own deadly beauty?' 'You cannot.' 'It is my burden, this beautiful face.' 'Not to mention your body.' 'Seriously, don't even get me started on my hot bod. You don't want to see me naked, Dave. Seeing me naked actually took Hazel Grace's breath away,' he said, nodding toward the oxygen tank.

Stop!" Narcissus got to his feet. "This is not right! This person is obviously not awesome, so he must be..." He struggled for the right words. It had probably been a long time since he'd talked about anything other than himself. "He must be tricking us." Apparently Narcissus wasn't completely stupid.

Intelligent men are cruel. Stupid men are monstrously cruel.

I thought I was fabulous and everyone else was stupid.

I'm right, and you're smart, and sooner or later you'll see I'm right.

You become really ugly when you become very superficial and self-obsessed.

Through your rags I see your vanity.

Men never sound more stupid than when they're telling you they're a very complex personality.

The common foible of women who have been handsome is to forget that they are no longer so.

The only question I ever ask any woman is, 'what time is your husband coming home?'

You’re presumptuous and arrogant and a whole lot of other things if you think I’ve changed my mind.” “You see, that’s just it.” There he was again, moving into my space. “I think you like the ‘other things.

Men's second childhood begins when a woman gets a hold of him.

After my marriage she edited everything I wrote. And what is more, she not only edited my works, she edited me.

Don't try to understand me, just be grateful that you felt the warmth of Zaphod Beeblebrox's aura on your wonderstruck face.

You said we've got a new page. I figure I've got some say in what gets written on it. So I'm going to work on you. Last time around, you threw yourself at me.” “I did no such thing.” “Sure you did. But I can see I've got my work cut out for me this time. That's okay.” He skimmed his thumb over her knuckles before she jerked her hand free. “In fact, I think I'm going to enjoy it.” “I don't know why I waste my time trying to mend fences with you. You're as arrogant as you ever were.” “Just the way you like me, sweetheart.

Beauty is a valuable asset, but it is not the whole cheese.

Vanity may be likened to the smooth-skinned and velvet-footed mouse, nibbling about forever in expectation of a crumb; while self-esteem is too apt to take the likeness of the huge butcher's dog, who carries off your steaks, and growls at you as be goes.

Be careful of men who are bald and rich; the arrogance of "rich" usually cancels out the nice of "bald".

She had no tolerance for scenes which were not of her own making.

The arrogance and brutality of empire are not repealed when they temporarily get deployed in a just cause.

The nightmare spirit of control has always been, and is, profoundly stupid.