Woman wants monogamy; Man delights in novelty. Love is woman's moon and sun; Man has other forms of fun. Woman lives but… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
Men don't like nobility in woman. Not any men. I suppose it is because the men like to have the copyrights on… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
Despite his persecutions, Mr. [Upton] Sinclair reveals himself in Money Writes! to be an enviable man. Always the thing he desires to… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid. — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
I had been fed, in my youth, a lot of old wives' tales about the way men would instantly forsake a beautiful… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
The ladies men admire, I've heard, Would shudder at a wicked word. Their candle gives a single light, They'd rather stay at… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
“He'll be cross if he sees I have been crying. They don't like you to cry. He doesn't cry. I wish to… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
I regret to say that during the first act of this, I fell so soundly asleep that the gentleman who brought me… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
The cleverest woman on earth is the biggest fool on earth with a man. — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
People Who Do Things exceed my endurance; God, for a man that solicits insurance! — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
Men They hail you as their morning star Because you are the way you are. If you return the sentiment, They'll try… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
“I require three things in a man: he must be handsome, ruthless, and stupid.” — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
Some men break your heart in two, Some men fawn and flatter, Some men never look at you; And that cleans up… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
I'm of the glamorous ladies At whose beckoning history shook. But you are a man, and see only my pan, So I… — 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