4 Dorothy Parker Quotes on Wit

Dorothy Parker quotes on wit

15. There's a hell of a distance between wise-cracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wise-cracking is simply calisthenics with words.

26. Brevity is the soul of lingerie.

34. She must have done it sliding down a barrister.

43. When she and Clare Boothe Luce were entering a room, Clare hung back, saying, 'Age before beauty'; Dorothy entered saying 'Pearls before swine.'