“Coleridge was a drug addict. Poe was an alcoholic. Marlowe was killed by a man whom he was treacherously trying to stab. Pope took money to keep a woman's name out of a satire, then wrote a piece so that… — Bennett Cerf Copy Share Image
In a notable family called Stein There were Gertrude, and Ep, and then Ein. Gert's writing was hazy, Ep's statues were crazy, And nobody understood Ein. — 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
