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
true-love enmity love-one-another
We must love one another, yes, yes, that's all true enough, but nothing says we have to like each other.
life zoos bad-day
Life is a zoo in a jungle.
life morning inspiration
I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every morning.
children marriage offspring produce themselves
Who of us is mature enough for offspring before the offspring themselves arrive? The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.
food par
The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums.
real drawing issues
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?
love what-is-love blindness
Love's blindness consists oftener in seeing what is not there than in seeing what is.
people want action
People rarely do what they don't want to.
believe astrology astronomy
Do you believe in astrology? -I don't even believe in astronomy.
god kind providence
Let us hope, I prayed, that a kind Providence will put a speedy end to the acts of God under which we have been laboring.
sex medicine funny-marriage
Sex in marriage is like medicine. Three times a day for the first week. Then once a day for another week. Then once every three or four days till the condition clears up.