My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he could hate that too.

Quote by Peter De Vries

Topics: Fathers Quotes

My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he...

My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he...

When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I...

When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I...

A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.

A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.

Words fashioned with somewhat over precise diction are like shapes turned out by a cookie...

Words fashioned with somewhat over precise diction are like shapes turned out by a cookie...

The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually...

The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually...

Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.

Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.

Who of us is mature enough for offspring before the offspring themselves arrive? The value...

Who of us is mature enough for offspring before the offspring themselves arrive? The value...

There are times when parenthood seems nothing more than feeding the hand that bites you.

There are times when parenthood seems nothing more than feeding the hand that bites you.

Marriage is a lottery in which men stake their liberty and women their happiness

Marriage is a lottery in which men stake their liberty and women their happiness

A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car for ever...

A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car for ever...

Pain is the question mark turned like a fishhook in the human heart.

Pain is the question mark turned like a fishhook in the human heart.

I wanted to be bored to death, as good a way to go as any.

I wanted to be bored to death, as good a way to go as any.

The rich aren't like us, they pay less taxes.

The rich aren't like us, they pay less taxes.

I was thinking that we all learn by experience, but some of us have to...

I was thinking that we all learn by experience, but some of us have to...

I wanted to be bored to death, as good a way to go as any.

I wanted to be bored to death, as good a way to go as any.

We are not primarily put on this earth to see through one another, but to...

We are not primarily put on this earth to see through one another, but to...

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine...

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine...

It is difficult to inspire others to accomplish what you haven't been willing to try

It is difficult to inspire others to accomplish what you haven't been willing to try

To motivate man is to move a mountain!

To motivate man is to move a mountain!

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust...

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust...

The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange...

The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange...

To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can...

To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can...