More quotes by Dorothy Parker

"By the time you swear you're his,Shivering and sighing.And he vows his passion is,Infinite, undying.Lady make note of this --One of you is lying."
"I require three things in a man: he must be handsome, ruthless, and stupid."
"Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both."
"Heterosexuality is not normal, it's just common."
"There's a hell of a distance between wise-cracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wise-cracking is simply calisthenics with words."[Interview, The Paris Review, Summer 1956]"