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Quotes About Dorothy

rather nice person, and that I just picked a lemon.
~ Dorothy Gilman
This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.
~ Dorothy Parker
The affair between Margot Asquith and Margot Asquith will live as one of the prettiest love stories in all literature.
~ Dorothy Parker
exploring how the denial of Black reproductive autonomy serves the interests of white supremacy.
~ Dorothy Roberts
we need to reconsider the meaning of reproductive liberty to take into account its relationship to racial oppression.
~ Dorothy Roberts
Well, it's quite strange because there are three new Wiggles - Simon the red wiggle, Lachlan the purple wiggle and myself. We were already in the company doing different roles. Like, I was the fairy, the ballerina, and that kind of thing originally, and then I played Dorothy the Dinosaur and I was a Wiggles dancer.
~ Emma Watkins
Dorothy," said my mother, shifting gears with an angry little spurt, and we cleared the top of the hill
~ Alice Munro
Oh, both my shoes are shiny new, And pristine is my hat My dress is 1922… My life is all like that.
~ Dorothy Parker
I've always had a great fondness for English detective fiction such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers.
~ Kazuo Ishiguro
The only thing I did at RKO of any note was lose my Texas accent.
~ Dorothy Malone
Just then a little lady appeared. 'Who are you?' said Dorothy. 'I am the Good Witch of the North,' the little lady replied, 'and if you put on the Wicked Witch's silver shoes . . .' 'I'll look like Lady Gaga.' '. . . you'll have magic powers. Now where would you like to go?' 'Anywhere that Andrew Lloyd Webber is not.
~ John Crace
WHISTLER: Dorothy Roberts, who weekly for 13 years whistled the 37 notes (13 at the beginning, 11 leading into the story, 13 at the end); composer Hatch estimated that only one person in 20 could whistle the exact melody.
~ John Dunning
I began acting on stage when I was 7 years old. My first role was as Dorothy in 'The Wizard of Oz' at Chicago's Center on Deafness in Northbrook, Illinois.
~ Marlee Matlin
There was another Judy Garland movie on TV, and it wasn't 'The Wizard of Oz,' and I was so confused. I was like, 'Wait a second, what is Dorothy doing in this movie?' And that's when I became fascinated. I didn't realize there were actors.
~ Kate Micucci
When I was a senior, I did my senior class play, and that was pretty much it... It was 'The Wizard of Oz,' and I was Dorothy.
~ Meghann Fahy
I was Mary Poppins for Halloween when I was 3, with lipstick and a carpetbag. And I was Dorothy in 'The Wizard of Oz' in a production in my dad's barn.
~ Jonathan Groff
When I was 12, I played Dorothy in my community theatre production of 'The Wizard of Oz,' and it was very critically hailed by my school paper!
~ Lindsay Mendez
I've always been a bit of a clown. But I think the seminal moment was when I was sixteen, and I auditioned for a little production of The 'Wizard of Oz,' and I was like, 'Clearly I'm Dorothy!' And they were like, 'We'd like you to play the Wicked Witch.'
~ Miriam Shor
I was born in Everett; I went through grade school in Everett, high school in Seattle.
~ Dorothy Malone
One of the things I liked about her [Dorothy] was that she had long fingernails that she would carefully manicure and paint to fit her mood. If she were in a happy mood, her nails would be bright red. If she were feeling like she wanted to eviscerate her mother she would paint her nails burgundy.
~ Augusten Burroughs
An audience is going to be able to find a little bit of Dorothy in themselves and relate to this woman.: roles like Dorothy Day are so rare in Hollywood.
~ Moira Kelly
I hate to be obvious, added the Scarecrow, but you'd have saved yourself a heap of trouble if you weren't too cheap to invest in a leash, Dorothy.
~ Gregory Maguire
When I heard Jeb was running, I first thought, 'Wow, I'm not sure I could go through another campaign,' but Jeb is so smart.
~ Dorothy Bush Koch
Don't fasten on Dorothy. Only unanswerable longing lies down that road. Gone is gone.
~ Gregory Maguire