Accidents Quote by S. J. Perelman Download Open image “In France," Marcel said with wintry dignity, "accidents occur in the bedroom, not the kitchen.” — S. J. Perelman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Accidents Bedroom Dignity France Funny Kitchen Respect Said
“Some good things did come out of France, but the place has become unbearably Gaulish don’t you think?” — Peter Murphy Copy Share Image
“All the same, lots of women buy their clothes in Paris, and have not, on that account, necessarily poisoned their husbands.” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Night came on, the lamps were lighted, the tables near him found occupants, and Paris began to wear that peculiar evening look of hers… — Henry James Copy Share Image
“since for me speaking French is like speaking without saying anything somehow—with no responsibilities, the way we speak in a dream.” — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
“He jingled his keys in his hand as he walked. "Y'know, I've looked for you around the floors.You haven't been drawing our door." Of… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“One of the things I love most about Paris is the breakfast pastry also called viennoiserie. As you might have guessed, I have a… — Jenn McKinlay Copy Share Image
“If only she had begged him to stay. Now everything in the house scares her: the creaking stairs, shuttered windows, empty rooms. The clutter… — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
“French travellers were prone to be very upset by the differences. In hotels, they kept away from sideboards with strange foods, requesting the normal… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“It was as if the house, like time, like Paris—like France itself—was sleeping under some malevolent spell.” — Susan Elia MacNeal Copy Share Image
The fact is that all of us have only one personality, and we wring it out like a dishtowel. You are what you are. — S. J. Perelman Copy Share Image
We old roosters must be cautious. Don't try to outwit your arteries. — S. J. Perelman Copy Share Image
There is something about a home aquarium which sets my teeth on edge the moment I see it. Why anyone would want to live… — S. J. Perelman Copy Share Image
FREEDLEY: Will I feel better after I take it? DR. FITCH (coldly): I, am a physician, Freedley, not an astrologer. If you want a… — S. J. Perelman Copy Share Image
A basic ingredient in the manufacture of perfume, the attar-a heavy, pale-yellow oil stored in small metal drums-had been put up as collateral by… — S. J. Perelman Copy Share Image
There are nineteen words in Yiddish that convey gradations of disparagement, from a mild, fluttery helplessness to a state of downright, irreconcilable brutishness. All… — S. J. Perelman Copy Share Image
Tomatoes and squash never fail to reach maturity. You can spray them with acid, beat them with sticks and burn them; they love it. — S. J. Perelman Copy Share Image
I tried to resist his overtures, but he plied me with symphonies, quartets, chamber music, and cantatas. — S. J. Perelman Copy Share Image
I'm half Scotch-Irish on both sides, and when I lose my temper-brother, I go. — S. J. Perelman Copy Share Image
English life, while very pleasant, is rather bland. I expected kindness and gentility and I found it, but there is such a thing as… — S. J. Perelman Copy Share Image
It was no accident, no coincidence, that the seasons came round and round year after year. It was the Lord speaking to us all… — Francine Rivers Copy Share Image
No, I think most astronauts recognize that the space shuttle program is very high-risk, and are prepared for accidents. — Sally Ride Copy Share Image
In presenting a mathematical argument the great thing is to give the educated reader the chance to catch on at once to the momentary… — John Edensor Littlewood Copy Share Image
The only way to have a funeral is to invite everyone who ever knew the person and just wait for the accident to happen-somebody… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
Good films are not made by accident, nor is good photography. You can have good things happen, on occasion, by accident that can be… — Gordon Willis Copy Share Image
By education I am an Englishman, by views an internationalist, by culture a Muslim and a Hindu only by accident of birth. — Jawaharlal Nehru Copy Share Image
I made out with a homeless guy by accident. I had no idea -- he was really tan, he had no shoes on. I… — Amy Schumer Copy Share Image
Naturally I feel no shame in writing these things because of the time which separates the moment when they are written--when only I can… — Annie Ernaux Copy Share Image
In a city where you walk around, it's impossible to plan your day and your life as accidents will happen, you'll overhear things, bump… — Jason Schwartzman Copy Share Image
I don't think it's by accident that I was first attracted to translating two French women poets. — Marilyn Hacker Copy Share Image
Despite my mentors advice that I would never go to heaven fishing with a weighted nymph and a float, I took it up. (As… — Tony Bishop Copy Share Image