Quotes by Peter de Vries

Peter de Vries

Peter de Vries

American writer

Lived from: 1910 - 1993

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 27 february 1910 Died: 28 september 1993

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

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  • Anyone informed that the universe is expanding and contracting in pulsations of eighty billion years has a right to ask, ''What's in it for me?''
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  • Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff - it is a palliative rather than a remedy.
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  • Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked.
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  • Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us.
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  • I love being a writer, what I can't stand is the paperwork.
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  • It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us.
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  • Life is a zoo in a jungle.
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  • The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly.
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  • The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character.
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  • The rich aren't like us; they pay less taxes.
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  • The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. Bit the combination is locked up in the safe.
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  • The value of marriage is not that adults produce children, but that children produce adults.
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  • There are times when parenthood seems nothing but feeding the mouth that bites you.
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  • We must love one another, yes, yes, that's all true enough, but nothing says we have to like each other. It may be the very recognition of all men as our brothers that accounts for the sibling rivalry, and even enmity, we have toward so many of them.
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  • When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I begin to think of the victims of intact ones.
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  • You can make a sordid thing sound like a brilliant drawing-room comedy. Probably a fear we have of facing up to the real issues. Could you say we were guilty of Noel Cowardice?
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What are the most famous quotes from Peter de Vries?

The two most famous quotes from Peter de Vries are:

  • "Anyone informed that the universe is expanding and contracting in pulsations of eighty billion years has a right to ask, ''What's in it for me?''"
  • "Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff - it is a palliative rather than a remedy."

When did Peter de Vries live?

Peter de Vries was born in 1910 and died in the year 1993.