Dorothy Parker Quotes

I've never gotten cash out of a machine. I use my credit cards, so I don't need to do that.

Writing a check separates a commitment from a conversation.

The world needs another vehicle to get people to pay in cash.

OK, boys; let's go make a withdrawal.

I try to use my debit card rather than a credit card, but I will use a credit card for big purchases because I bank with Coutts and I get points.

I was a banker in Morocco when I first saw 'American Graffiti.' It was before I was an actor, a melancholy time in my life, and this mood was reflected in the film.

Checks aren't money.

Dear Senator: In accordance with our understanding I now beg to enclose your certificate of deposit to your favor for $15,000. Kindly acknowledge receipt and oblige.

I went to the library and learned how checks work. I found out that routing numbers are like zip codes: the checks are sent to the bank that correlates to the routing number. If I manipulate those numbers to a bank far away, it would take longer to get back to the bank, which gave me more time to write more bad checks.

The moment I write out a cheque, it's an asset I have written off.

I always ask two questions when we are closing in on a deal: What currency are we dealing in and how many people are expecting to get paid as part of this transfer?

I'd rather write a check than make myself look ridiculous.

More people are using PayPal more frequently.

Ah, take the Cash, and let the Credit go, Nor heed the rumble of a distant Drum!

You can email me, but I prefer letters that come through conventional mail. I like letters that have been licked by strangers.

When you walk into a store and you want to buy something, you give them cash and they sell it to you. But very often, you walk into our "store" and you want something - a credit card, maybe, or a loan - and very often the answer is "No," even if you're a large corporation.

& I'm all up all up all up in the bank with the funny face

I like it when you buy something and pay with a credit card, they put your credit card on the receipt, but only the last four numbers. Aha! I'm really good at guessing twelve numbers. I can't guess 16 numbers, so thanks for the assistance!

I'm so proud the fans still sing my name, but I fear tomorrow they will stop. I fear it because I love it. And everything you love, you fear you will lose.

Memories, so sweet and bitter.. they had both nourished and devoured him for so many years. Until a time came when they began to fade, turning faint and blurred, only an ache to be quickly pushed away because it went to your heart. For what was the use of remembering all you had lost?

I thought of you and how you love this beauty, And walking up the long beach all alone I heard the waves breaking in measured thunder As you and I once heard their monotone. Around me were the echoing dunes, beyond me The cold and sparkling silver of the sea -- We two will pass through death and ages lengthen Before you hear that sound again with me.

Only times and places, only names and ghosts.

My lungs taste the air of Time,Blown past falling sands.

Eternity ended ten years ago.

Happiness is like the penny candy of our youth: we got a lot more for our money back when we had no money.