It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us.
– Peter De Vries
Life is a zoo in a jungle.
– Peter De Vries
My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he could hate that too.
– Peter De Vries
Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
– Peter De Vries
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.
– Peter De Vries
The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance.
– Peter De Vries
The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character.
– Peter De Vries
The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly.
– Peter De Vries
Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.
– Peter De Vries
I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every morning.
– Peter De Vries
I was thinking that we all learn by experience, but some of us have to go to summer school.
– Peter De Vries
Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us.
– Peter De Vries
A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.