373 Quotes by Dorothy Parker

Down the wind that has beginning Where the crumpled beeches start In a fringe of salty reeds;

Some men break your heart in two, / Some men fawn and flatter, / Some men never look at you; / And that cleans up the matter.

I love to drink martinis. Two at the very most. Three I'm under the table. Four I'm under my host.

Four be the things I’d been better without: Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt.

I like to have a martini, two at the very most. After three I'm under the table, after four I'm under my host.

My land is bare of chattering folk; the clouds are low along the ridges, and sweet's the air with curly smoke from all my burning bridges.

Friends come and go but I wouldn't have thought you'd be one of them.

I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless, and stupid.

Los Angeles is 72 suburbs in search of a city.