Peter De Vries
Peter De Vries
Peter De Vrieswas an American editor and novelist known for his satiric wit. He has been described by the philosopher Daniel Dennett as "probably the funniest writer on religion ever"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth27 February 1910
CountryUnited States of America
tubas instruments
The tuba is certainly the most intestinal of instruments, the very lower bowel of music.
laughter humor another-chance
The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance.
pain heart mark
Pain is the question mark turned like a fishhook in the human heart.
family children humorous
There are times when parenthood seems nothing more than feeding the hand that bites you.
hate hate-me
Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked.
may stuff irony
Human nature is pretty shabby stuff, as you may know from introspection.
eye vanity giving
He resented such questions as people do who have thought a great deal about them. The superficial and slipshod have ready answers, but those looking this complex life straight in the eye acquire a wealth of perception so composed of delicately balanced contradictions that they dread, or resent, the call to couch any part of it in a bland generalization. The vanity (if not outrage) of trying to cage this dance of atoms in a single definition may give the weariness of age with the cry of youth for answers the appearance of boredom.
soul tweed coats
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.
punishment delay waste
Rather than waste precious time arguing, I went up and started serving my "sentence" without delay. It was usually about an hour for epigrams; somewhat longer for a paradox.
marriage doe stability
I suppose I shall marry eventually One does that, one drifts into stability
marriage husband earth
... it is a fact universally acknowledged that a husband is the most ridiculous thing on earth, except for a bachelor.
morning breakfast one-thing
There are times when breakfast seems the one thing worth getting up for ...
hate humor feels
If there's anything I hate it's the word humorist-I feel like countering with the word seriousist.
couple bears intimacy
All couples must bear the strain of getting acquainted, having been, up to then, merely intimate.