| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 43582 |
| QUOTATION: | People Who Do things exceed my endurance;
God, for a man that solicits insurance! |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Dorothy Parker (1893–1967), U.S. author and humorist. “Bohemia,” lines 9-10 (c. late 1920s).
The poem is a put-down of tedious, self-absorbed “authors ... artists ... sculptors ... singers ... playwrights ... poets ... diarists ... critics”. Parker’s first husband, Edwin Pond Parker II, sold insurance. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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