"I feel that nasal spray is a wondrous……" — Dave Barry
"I feel that nasal spray is a wondrous medical achievement, because it is supposed to relieve nasal congestion, and by gadfrey, it relieves nasal congestion. What I'm saying is that it actually works, which is something you can say about very few other aspects of the medical establishment."
—
Dave Barry
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
508 Quotes by Dave Barry
Dave Barry has 508 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it's open to anybody who owns hideous clothing.
-
Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting.
-
Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face.
-
Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the…
-
The Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, but they have demonstrated time and again that they have the management…
-
'Escargot' is French for 'fat crawling bag of phlegm'.
-
The simple truth is that balding African-American men look cool when they shave their heads, whereas balding white men look…
-
We believe that electricity exists, because the electric company keeps sending us bills for it, but we cannot figure out…
-
The word user is the word used by the computer professional when they mean idiot.
-
The four building blocks of the universe are fire, water, gravel and vinyl.
-
Your modern teenager is not about to listen to advice from an old person, defined as a person who remembers…
-
Sharks are as tough as those football fans who take their shirts off during games in Chicago in January, only…
See all 508 quotes by Dave Barry »
More Achievement Quotes
This quote is filed under Achievement Quotes,
one of 2,338 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet and our visions go…
— Neil Armstrong
-
Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
— Marcus Aurelius
-
If quantitatively the American achievement is impressive, qualitatively it is somewhat less satisfying.
— Irving Babbitt
-
All I've ever ended up with in terms of achievements is the movie, some really stupid anecdotes, a bunch of…
— Christian Bale
-
Accomplishment is socially judged by ill defined criteria so that one has to rely on others to find out how…
— Albert Bandura
-
Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend…
— Ethel Barrymore
-
The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under…
— Samuel Adams
-
It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage.
— Henry Ward Beecher
-
Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love.
— Saul Bellow
-
You cannot do wrong and feel right. It is impossible!
— Ezra Taft Benson
-
The proud depend upon the world to tell them whether they have value or not. Their self-esteem is determined by…
— Ezra Taft Benson
-
The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success.
— Irving Berlin
See all 2,338 Achievement Quotes »