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Quotes by Peter De Vries

The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance.

The tuba is certainly the most intestinal of instruments, the very lower bowel of music.

Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us.

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

The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character.

Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.

A suburban mothers role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.