--- title: "6 Cards Quotes By Dave Barry" description: "6 Cards quotes by Dave Barry. Plus more from Dave Barry and more Cards sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/516/dave-barry-222_america_we-have-been-flooded-with-postal-cards-f_495241.png" --- > [We have been flooded with postal cards from all over the United States and several parallel universes. Just a quick glance though…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/we-have-been-flooded-with-postal-cards-from-all-over-the-united/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/516/dave-barry-222_america_we-have-been-flooded-with-postal-cards-f_495241.png) > [Perhaps you are thinking: 'But a tank costs several million dollars, not including floor mats. I don't have that kind of money.'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/perhaps-you-are-thinking-but-a-tank-costs-several-million-dollars-not/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e50/dave-barry-222_being-silly_perhaps-you-are-thinking-but-a-tank-cost_1461023.jpg) > [On Valentine's Day, millions of men give millions of women flowers, cards and candy as a heartfelt expression of the emotion that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/on-valentine-s-day-millions-of-men-give-millions-of-women-flowers/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4c/dave-barry-222_anniversary_on-valentine-s-day-millions-of-men-give_1768318.png) > [If women were in charge of all the world's nations, there would be sincerely believe this - no military conflicts, and when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/if-women-were-in-charge-of-all-the-world-s-nations-there-would-be/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6a/dave-barry-222_awful_if-women-were-in-charge-of-all-the-world_2465854.png) > [Nobody is excused from the excellence trend. Babies are not excused. Starting right after they get out of the womb, modern babies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/nobody-is-excused-from-the-excellence-trend-babies-are-not-excused/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e7/dave-barry-222_adults_nobody-is-excused-from-the-excellence-tr_2919417.jpg) > [For Dad, the perfect Father's Day would be one in which he didn't even realize that it was Father's Day, because nobody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/for-dad-the-perfect-father-s-day-would-be-one-in-which-he-didn-t-even/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cb/dave-barry-222_appreciate_for-dad-the-perfect-father-s-day-would-b_2938717.png) ## Other authors on Cards ## More by Dave Barry > [This is true; virtually all edible substances, and many automotive products, are now marketed as being low-fat or fat-free. Americans are obsessed with fat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/this-is-true-virtually-all-edible-substances-and-many-automotive/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) > [This ball was so crowded that it took me - a trained professional journalist with vast experience in this area - forty five minutes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/this-ball-was-so-crowded-that-it-took-me-a-trained-professional/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) > [The hardest thing about being a guy is that women don't accept that you really are just a simple, pathetic, labrador retriever-like creature. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/the-hardest-thing-about-being-a-guy-is-that-women-don-t-accept-that/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) > [The ultimate camping trip was the Lewis and Clark expedition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/the-ultimate-camping-trip-was-the-lewis-and-clark-expedition/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) > [Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it's open to anybody who owns hideous clothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/although-golf-was-originally-restricted-to-wealthy-overweight/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) > [Entire new continent can emerge from the ocean in the time it takes for a Web page to show up on your screen. Contrary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/entire-new-continent-can-emerge-from-the-ocean-in-the-time-it-takes/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) > [He was distracted by a giggle, and turned to see a rare sight: a girl.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/he-was-distracted-by-a-giggle-and-turned-to-see-a-rare-sight-a-girl/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) > [The major parties could conduct live human sacrifices on their podiums during prime time, and I doubt that anybody would notice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/the-major-parties-could-conduct-live-human-sacrifices-on-their/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) > [If you look at any list of great modern writers such as Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, and F. Scott Fitzgerald, you'll notice two things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/if-you-look-at-any-list-of-great-modern-writers-such-as-ernest/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) > [Don't you wish you had a job like mine? All you have to do is think up a certain number of words! Plus, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/don-t-you-wish-you-had-a-job-like-mine-all-you-have-to-do-is-think-up/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) > [“Despite the gulf, physical and cultural, between the United States and Japan, both societies are, in the end, made up of people, and people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/despite-the-gulf-physical-and-cultural-between-the-united-states-and/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) > [Before going on a diet you should consult your doctor, or at least send him some money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/before-going-on-a-diet-you-should-consult-your-doctor-or-at-least/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) > [Never trust anything you read in a travel article.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/never-trust-anything-you-read-in-a-travel-article/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) > [In the old days, it was not called the Holiday Season; the Christians called it "Christmas" and went to church; the Jews called it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/in-the-old-days-it-was-not-called-the-holiday-season-the-christians/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) > [Always remember that if editors were so damned smart, they would know how to dress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/always-remember-that-if-editors-were-so-damned-smart-they-would-know/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cards/dave-barry/#itemlist", "name": "6 Cards Quotes By Dave Barry", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We have been flooded with postal cards from all over the United States and several parallel universes. 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