S. J. Perelman Quotes

I'd horsewhip you if I had a horse.

S. J. Perelman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 1, 1904 - October 17, 1979

Topics

HorseYouHad

Books are a real solace, friendships are good but action is better than all.

John Burns

GoodActionBetterRealSolaceThan

A living museum must surely see itself as a locus of argument. A breathing art institution is not a lockup but a moveable feast.

Andrew O'Hagan

ArtMuseumArgumentLivingSeeMust

I was going to get the Carolyn Bessette story out of her one way or another.

Michael Bergin

StoryWayOutHerGoingGet

I heard this massive thud. I spun around, and there Keith was, on the ground. He'd cut his gums up on impact, he was very bloody, and clutching his head. I think it was a kind of wake-up call for him.

Ronnie Wood

ThinkImpactKindHimGroundHead

If you don't accept failure as a possibility, you don't set high goals, you don't branch out, you don't try - you don't take the risk.

Rosalynn Carter

FailureGoalsYouAcceptTryHigh

'Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.

Lord Byron

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A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.

Jean de la Bruyere

GoodManWiseSpeakTalkModest

In Canada, for boys, your identity is built on hockey. It's your social position; it's everything. And I was the worst hockey player of Canada.

Denis Villeneuve

IdentityHockeyCanadaWorstSocial

Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

FriendshipWomenFootballMenTreat

I never had a desire to be a filmmaker. As a child and a teenager and in college, I was not aware of black women making films.

Ava DuVernay

WomenChildCollegeBlackDesire

In today's knowledge-based economy, what you earn depends on what you learn. Jobs in the information technology sector, for example, pay 85 percent more than the private sector average.

William J. Clinton

TechnologyTodayLearnInformation

I try to look at the whole thing and say 'yes' to the projects that I cannot stop thinking about. If I read a script and the subject stays with me - then that's when I want to go to work.

Penelope Cruz

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