A Quote by Dorothy Parker

Writing well is the best revenge.

Dorothy Parker

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Dorothy Parker
American - Poet
August 22, 1893 - June 7, 1967

They say living well is the best revenge but sometimes writing well is even better.

James Franco

Have you ever heard the phrase, Living well is the best revenge?" "Where I come from, someone's head in a bag is generally considered the best revenge

Lois McMaster Bujold

Simply coming to the perpetrator and delivering the message is Nozick's definition of revenge. And in that sense, Adi is exacting revenge. When people ask, "Does Adi want revenge?" - they mean violent revenge. But in Nozick's formulation, it is revenge. That is the essence of revenge.

Errol Morris

Dancing well is the best revenge

Allegra Kent

The best revenge is living well.

Jerry Seinfeld

Living well is the best revenge.

George Herbert

The best revenge is to live well.

Oscar Wilde

The best revenge is a life well lived.

Chloe Neill

The best revenge is living well without you.

Joyce Carol Oates

Another old saying is that revenge is a dish best served cold. But it feels best served piping hot, straight out of the oven of outrage. My opinion? Take care of revenge right away.

Mindy Kaling

The best revenge is living well, my dad told me once.

Barry Lyga

Living well is the best revenge.If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.

Max Eastman

We learn our lessons; we get hurt; we want revenge. Then we realize that actually, happiness and forgiving people is the best revenge.

Madonna Ciccone

I joined the army to avenge the deaths of my family and to survive, but I've come to learn that if I am going to take revenge, in that process I will kill another person whose family will want revenge; then revenge and revenge and revenge will never come to an end.

Ishmael Beah

Democracy is the best revenge. After Benazir Bhutto's death, her son's brief public remarks were captured on video, and they were reported in international newspapers. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari announced, "My mother always said, ' Democracy is the best revenge.