Dorothy Parker Quotes

People imagine I am always in a Bentley with pearls and diamonds and black glasses and Karl Lagerfeld next to me.

My friends are very rich. Elizabeth Taylor sends flowers the size of the bathtub. I'm not kidding.

People don't want to hear about me having leather walls or gold toilets.

Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to Beauty.

Divas need their furs!

We partied with the royal rich people, and we felt like rock stars. We drank all the whiskey in the place.

The product of extraordinary wealth allied to a taste for the sumptuous.

Bling is good.

I am rich beyond the dreams of avarice.

I try to wear $1 million a day. At least.

Fashion's about extravagance, and everyone needs a bit of that.

I saw such personal wealth there that were I to describe it, the people of Persia would never believe it. I could discover no end or limit to their wealth, and I never saw such ease and comfort anywhere

I don't have a chateau in France. There's no private airplane or yacht.

You do see some outrageous things and people in Beverly Hills. I'm not always quite sure what to make of it.

I stared at the enormous homes, the landscaping and flower beds immaculate. It was as if dollar bills, instead of leaves, hung from the trees.

I'll know I'm famous when I have five Ferraris, seven houses, Cameron Diaz on my arm and a little man following me with a huge bag of money.

People say I'm a gold digger, but do you see me wearing gold? No. I'm wearing diamonds.

Whoever heard a man of fortune in England talk of the necessaries of life? . . . Whether we can afford it or no, we must have superfluities.

But I do mean to say, I have heard her declare, When at the same moment she had on a dress Which cost five hundred dollars, and not a cent less, And jewelry worth ten times more, I should guess, That she had not a thing in the wide world to wear!

I don't like balance. Balance is not a word you can use in Versace fashion.

For me, life is not about gold taps and marble all over the place.

With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches.

I love to do glamorous things, like wear Valentino.

I've been to parties in L.A. that are mind-blowing. I mean, quite literally mind-blowing. People get cellphones in the party bag, that sort of thing. Fabulous, fabulous parties.