Showing posts with label Dorothy Parker. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dorothy Parker. Show all posts

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Seven quotes for a Thursday afternoon - Part forty nine




"I advocate glamour.  Every day.  Every minute"
Dita Von Teese(b. 1972)



"Glamour is something you can't bear to be withoutonce you're used to it"
Loretta Young(1913-2000)



"I was not beautiful.  When I went to Hollywood the beauties were people like Joan Crawford, Hedy Lamarr and Loretta Young.  They were incredibly glamorous.  I was always the girl next door"
Ingrid Bergman(1915-1982)


Thursday, July 29, 2010

Seven quotes for a Thursday afternoon - Part thirty nine




"A man of eighty has outlived probably three new schools of painting, two of architecture and poetry and a hundred in dress"
Lord Byron(1788-1824)




"Elegance does not consist of putting on a new dress"
Coco Chanel(1883-1971)




"Never fit a dress to the bodybut train the body to fit the dress"
Elsa Shiaparelli(1890-1973)




"Where's the man who could ease a heart,like a satin gown?"

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Seven quotes for a Thursday afternoon - Part thirty four




"Who gossips around here?"
Bette Davis(1908-1989)





"There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about and that is not being talked about"
Oscar Wilde(1854-1900)




"The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teethand sharpen my tongue"
Dorothy Parker(1893-1967)




"Men have always detested women's gossip because they suspect the truth;their measurements are being