--- title: "4 Gershon Legman Quotes - Famous Journalist" description: "American journalist (1917–1999)... | Gershon Legman was an American cultural critic, folklorist, and author of The Rationale of the Dirty Joke (1968) an..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b094/author-gershon-legman-70493.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Gershon Legman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b094/author-gershon-legman-70493.jpg) # Gershon Legman (1917–1999) Journalist **4** quotes in **23** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Gershon Legman was a journalist. ## Quick Facts About Gershon Legman Born November 2, 1917 Died February 23, 1999 Profession Journalist ## About Gershon Legman American journalist (1917–1999)... \| Gershon Legman was an American cultural critic, folklorist, and author of The Rationale of the Dirty Joke (1968) and The Horn Book: Studies in Erotic Folklore and Bibliography (1964). ## Quotes by Gershon Legman > [Most women loathe limericks, for the same reason that calves hate cookbooks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gershon-legman/most-women-loathe-limericks-for-the-same-reason-that-calves-hate/) [Gershon Legman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gershon-legman/) [Calves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/calves/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/873/gershon-legman-70493_calves_most-women-loathe-limericks-for-the-same_30432.png) > [Murder is a crime. Describing Murder is not. Sex is not a crime. Describing sex is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gershon-legman/murder-is-a-crime-describing-murder-is-not-sex-is-not-a-crime/) [Gershon Legman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gershon-legman/) [Crime](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crime/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/249/gershon-legman-70493_crime_murder-is-a-crime-describing-murder-is-n_46720.png) > [Any man that can't find what he is looking for in a thousand women is really looking for a boy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gershon-legman/any-man-that-can-t-find-what-he-is-looking-for-in-a-thousand-women-is/) [Gershon Legman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gershon-legman/) [Boys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boys/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a6/gershon-legman-70493_boys_any-man-that-can-t-find-what-he-is-looki_1588928.png) > [Of the two smartest creatures on the earth, man and the dolphin, each thought they were smarter than the other. Man thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gershon-legman/of-the-two-smartest-creatures-on-the-earth-man-and-the-dolphin-each/) [Gershon Legman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gershon-legman/) [Built](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/built/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b2/gershon-legman-70493_built_of-the-two-smartest-creatures-on-the-ear_1591046.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gershon-legman/#itemlist", "name": "Gershon Legman Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Most women loathe limericks, for the same reason that calves hate cookbooks.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gershon Legman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gershon-legman/most-women-loathe-limericks-for-the-same-reason-that-calves-hate/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/873/gershon-legman-70493_calves_most-women-loathe-limericks-for-the-same_30432.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/873/gershon-legman-70493_calves_most-women-loathe-limericks-for-the-same_30432.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/873/gershon-legman-70493_calves_most-women-loathe-limericks-for-the-same_30432.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Most women loathe limericks, for the same reason that calves hate cookbooks.” — Gershon Legman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Murder is a crime. 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