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

Quote by Peter De Vries

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Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked.

Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked.

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

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

Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.

Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.

The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums.

The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums.

Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is...

Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is...

Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is...

Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is...

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...

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...

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...

The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.

The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.

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...

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

We must love one another, yes, yes, that's all true enough, but nothing says we...

We must love one another, yes, yes, that's all true enough, but nothing says we...

The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly.

The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly.

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.

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...

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.

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.

Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.