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Book Quotes by Dave Barry
- Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient…
- You can only be young once. But you can always be immature.
- What I look forward to is continued immaturity followed by death.
- My point here, young couples, is that baby-having is extremely serious business, and you probably don't have the vaguest idea what you're doing, as is…
- I, alone, could never have produced this book. I say this mainly in case there are lawsuits.
- All these people helped make this book possible. But let me make one thing clear: If there are any errors or omissions in this book,…
- First, a few words about this title. It isn't easy, coming up with book titles. A lot of the really good ones are taken. Thin…
- I was reading this James Bond book, and right away I realized that, like most books, it had too many words.
- There are a number of people without whom I could not have written this book, but I hope you don't hold that against them. They…
- But the feeling I have, you know, is that I'll never come close to reading all, or even a thousandth- a billionth- of the books…
- The central point of this final chapter is that - follow my logic carefully here - unless you die, you will continue to get older.…
- This book is dedicated to Wilbur and Orville Wright, without whom air sickness would still be just a dream.
- I'm afraid that, in this chapter we must talk about sex in a very explicit manner, because we want to expand the Frontiers of Human…
- Excellence is THE trend of the '80s. Walk into any shopping mall bookstore, go to the rack where they keep the best-sellers such as Garfield…
- I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign…
- Reading... a vacation for the mind....
- Electricity is actually made up of extremely tiny particles called electrons, that you cannot see with the naked eye unless you have been drinking.
- Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but…
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