Who said what fresh new hell is this

In the biography of Parker by John Keats ascribed the expression to her as mentioned at the beginning of this article:. The introduction included the following passage: 4. Her way of looking at life was incurably pessimistic. Confronted by the unknown, she immediately prepared for the worst. In conclusion, the testimony of Vincent Sheean in was plausible; hence, QI believes Dorothy Parker did employ the saying.

The citation indicated that the interrogative of mock despair was in circulation in the s. Thus, Parker may have adopted a pre-existing expression. Alternatively, O.

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Man and the Gospel by Thomas Guthrie "in His eyes wealth is not worth; and you may know how little God thinks of Money by observing on what bad and contemptible characters He often bestows it.

Said to have been written in the guest-book of Hearst Castle , referring to the room occupied by Hearst 's mistress, Marion Davies. Parker always denied it, pointing out that she would never have rhymed "honor" with "Madonna". Since Parker didn't write it, there are many different versions of this, including ones where the word describing the whore is "favorite" or "famous", and ones where "son of a bitch" is modified by "the world's worst" instead of "a prominent".

I like to have a martini, Two at the very most. After three I'm under the table, After four I'm under my host. Variant of: I wish I could drink like a lady.