Quote by Dorothy Parker
Wit has truth in it; wise-cracking is simply calisthenics with wor

Wit has truth in it; wise-cracking is simply calisthenics with words. – Dorothy Parker

Other quotes by Dorothy Parker

The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires. – Dorothy Parker

Category:
Teenagers
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What a strange world this would be if we all had the same sense of humor. – Bernard Williams

Category:
Humor

I dont know how many sacred cows there are today. I think theres a little confusion between humor and gross passing for humor. Thats kind of regrettable. – Bob Newhart

Category:
Humor

I think superheroes are heroes with flaws, and in their flaws, there is a sense of humor. – Peter Segal

Category:
Humor

However, frat-boy humor is funny and it always will be. – Craig Kilborn

Category:
Humor

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I refuse to be labeled immoral merely because I am godless. – Peter Walker

Category:
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You need to put what you learn into practice and do it over and over again until its a habit. I always say, Seeing is not believing. Doing is believing. There is a lot to learn about fitness, nutrition and emotions, but once you do, you can master them instead of them mastering you. – Brett Hoebel

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Pessimists—Moral squinters, who, being incapable of a straightforward view, imagine that penetration is evinced by universal suspicion and mistrust. – Paul Chatfield

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Whole areas of knowledge and information have been defined into nonexistence because the system cannot know, understand, control, or measure them. – Anne Wilson Schaef

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