One of the troubles of the day, observes Mr. C.N. Peac, is that once we came upon the little red schoolhouse, whereas now we come upon the little-read school boy. — Bennett Cerf Copy Share Image
Most of the things that are supposed to be so objectionable in books are things that every teenager, in the United States, not only knows, but has talked about at length in school, or on the way home from school. — Bennett Cerf Copy Share Image
Television, I love it, everything that happened before television lumped together, never caused folks to turn on a street to stare at me, or… — Bennett Cerf Copy Share Image
A person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed. — Bennett Cerf Copy Share Image
“Coleridge was a drug addict. Poe was an alcoholic. Marlowe was killed by a man whom he was treacherously trying to stab. Pope took… — Bennett Cerf Copy Share Image
The person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed. — Bennett Cerf Copy Share Image
Everybody was being decent, and when people are decent, thing work out for everybody. That has been my theory all through life. If you're… — Bennett Cerf Copy Share Image
Middle age is when your old classmates are so grey and wrinkled and bald they don't recognize you. — Bennett Cerf Copy Share Image
Football season: The only time of the year when a man can walk down the street with a blond on one arm and a… — Bennett Cerf Copy Share Image
They tell about a fifteen-year-old boy in an orphans' home who had an incurable stutter. One Sunday the minister was detained and the boy… — Bennett Cerf Copy Share Image