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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It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order...

It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order...

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

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...

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 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.

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

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.

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...

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.

We all learn by experience but some of us have to go to summer school.

We all learn by experience but some of us have to go to summer school.

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...

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

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

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination...

The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination...

I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.

I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.

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...

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...

An implicit confession is almost as bad as an implicit faith; wicked men commonly confess...

An implicit confession is almost as bad as an implicit faith; wicked men commonly confess...

You are committed to what you confess.

You are committed to what you confess.