“The two most beautiful words in the English language are 'check enclosed.” — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
“When asked by her publisher why her work had not been submitted while on her honeymoon: "I've been too fucking busy or… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
“This wasn't just plain terrible, this was fancy terrible. This was terrible with raisins in it.” — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
“ Résumé Razors pain you, Rivers are damp, Acids stain you, And drugs cause cramp. Guns aren't lawful, Nooses give, Gas smells… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
There must be courage; there must be no awe. There must be criticism, for humor, to my mind, is encapsulated in criticism.… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
“Humor to me, Heaven help me, takes in many things. There must be courage; there must be no awe. There must be… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
“There's a hell of a distance between wise-cracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wise-cracking is simply calisthenics with words.” — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
“Yes, I once was the toast of two continents! (...Greenland & Australia).” — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
“The lads I've met in cupid's deadlock Were - shall we say? - born out of wedlock” — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
“Emily Post's Etiquette is out again, this time in a new and an enlarged edition, and so the question of what to… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
“I require three things in a man: he must be handsome, ruthless, and stupid.” — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
There's little in taking or giving, There's little in water or wine: This living, this living, this living, Was never a project of mine.… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
Hollywood is the one place on earth where you could die of encouragement. — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
“The two most beautiful words in the English language are 'check enclosed.” — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think Ill give up trying, and just go completely Russian and sit on a stove and moan all day. — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it's so easy to be sweet to people before you love them. — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, can be prolonged to the point where it ceases to excite pity and arouses only irritation. — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
The sun's gone dim, and the moon's gone black. For I loved him, and he didn't love back. — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
There's a hell of a distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words. — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song, A medley of extemporanea; And love is a thing that can never go wrong; And I… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
