top of page

All Quotes Collection

"Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet."
quote hashtag
Dave Barry

"Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet."

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

31

"There is a breed of fashion models who weigh no more than an abridged dictionary."
quote hashtag
Dave Barry

"There is a breed of fashion models who weigh no more than an abridged dictionary."

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

59

"The world is full of strange phenomena that cannot be explained by the laws of logic or science. Dennis Rodman is only one example."
quote hashtag
Dave Barry

"The world is full of strange phenomena that cannot be explained by the laws of logic or science. Dennis Rodman is only one example."

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

18

"The word user is the word used by the computer professional when they mean idiot."
quote hashtag
Dave Barry

"The word user is the word used by the computer professional when they mean idiot."

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

11

"The ultimate camping trip was the Lewis and Clark expedition."
quote hashtag
Dave Barry

"The ultimate camping trip was the Lewis and Clark expedition."

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

36

"The Sixties are now considered a historical period, just like the Roman Empire."
quote hashtag
Dave Barry

"The Sixties are now considered a historical period, just like the Roman Empire."

Now,
Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

22

"The simple truth is that balding African-American men look cool when they shave their heads, whereas balding white men look like giant thumbs."
quote hashtag
Dave Barry

"The simple truth is that balding African-American men look cool when they shave their heads, whereas balding white men look like giant thumbs."

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

38

"We journalists make it a point to know very little about an extremely wide variety of topics; this is how we stay objective."
quote hashtag
Dave Barry

"We journalists make it a point to know very little about an extremely wide variety of topics; this is how we stay objective."

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

17

"Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise for them to bark violently at nothing right in your ear."
quote hashtag
Dave Barry

"Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise for them to bark violently at nothing right in your ear."

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

16

"Hobbies of any kind are boring except to people who have the same hobby. This is also true of religion, although you will not find me saying so in print."
quote hashtag
Dave Barry

"Hobbies of any kind are boring except to people who have the same hobby. This is also true of religion, although you will not find me saying so in print."

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

30

"Have you noticed that whatever sport you're trying to learn, some earnest person is always telling you to keep your knees bent?"
quote hashtag
Dave Barry

"Have you noticed that whatever sport you're trying to learn, some earnest person is always telling you to keep your knees bent?"

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

21

"Guys are simple... women are not simple and they always assume that men must be just as complicated as they are, only way more mysterious. The whole point is guys are not thinking much. They are just what they appear to be. Tragically."
quote hashtag
Dave Barry

"Guys are simple... women are not simple and they always assume that men must be just as complicated as they are, only way more mysterious. The whole point is guys are not thinking much. They are just what they appear to be. Tragically."

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

46

"Newspaper readership is declining like crazy. In fact, there's a good chance that nobody is reading my column."
quote hashtag
Dave Barry

"Newspaper readership is declining like crazy. In fact, there's a good chance that nobody is reading my column."

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

24

"I am not the only person who uses his computer mainly for the purpose of diddling with his computer."
quote hashtag
Dave Barry

"I am not the only person who uses his computer mainly for the purpose of diddling with his computer."

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

12

"Don't you wish you had a job like mine? All you have to do is think up a certain number of words! Plus, you can repeat words! And they don't even have to be true!"
quote hashtag
Dave Barry

"Don't you wish you had a job like mine? All you have to do is think up a certain number of words! Plus, you can repeat words! And they don't even have to be true!"

Job,
Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

35

"Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep."
quote hashtag
Dave Barry

"Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep."

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

47

"Camping is nature's way of promoting the motel business."
quote hashtag
Dave Barry

"Camping is nature's way of promoting the motel business."

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

26

"Bill Gates is a very rich man today... and do you want to know why? The answer is one word: versions."
quote hashtag
Dave Barry

"Bill Gates is a very rich man today... and do you want to know why? The answer is one word: versions."

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

45

"Big business never pays a nickel in taxes, according to Ralph Nader, who represents a big consumer organization that never pays a nickel in taxes."
quote hashtag
Dave Barry

"Big business never pays a nickel in taxes, according to Ralph Nader, who represents a big consumer organization that never pays a nickel in taxes."

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

39

"Auto racing is boring except when a car is going at least 172 miles per hour upside down."
quote hashtag
Dave Barry

"Auto racing is boring except when a car is going at least 172 miles per hour upside down."

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

16

"As a child, I was more afraid of tetanus shots than, for example, Dracula."
quote hashtag
Dave Barry

"As a child, I was more afraid of tetanus shots than, for example, Dracula."

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

19

"And so by the fifteenth century, on October 8, the Europeans were looking for a new place to try to get to, and they came up with a new concept: the West."
quote hashtag
Dave Barry

"And so by the fifteenth century, on October 8, the Europeans were looking for a new place to try to get to, and they came up with a new concept: the West."

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

15

"American consumers have no problem with carcinogens, but they will not purchase any product, including floor wax, that has fat in it."
quote hashtag
Dave Barry

"American consumers have no problem with carcinogens, but they will not purchase any product, including floor wax, that has fat in it."

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

13

"It was Public Art, defined as art that is purchased by experts who are not spending their own personal money."
quote hashtag
Dave Barry

"It was Public Art, defined as art that is purchased by experts who are not spending their own personal money."

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

28

"Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night."
quote hashtag
Dave Barry

"Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night."

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

33

"My problem with chess was that all my pieces wanted to end the game as soon as possible."
quote hashtag
Dave Barry

"My problem with chess was that all my pieces wanted to end the game as soon as possible."

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

13

"Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting."
quote hashtag
Dave Barry

"Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting."

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

12

"Life is anything that dies when you stomp on it."
quote hashtag
Dave Barry

"Life is anything that dies when you stomp on it."

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

10

"I believe that we parents must encourage our children to become educated, so they can get into a good college that we cannot afford."
quote hashtag
Dave Barry

"I believe that we parents must encourage our children to become educated, so they can get into a good college that we cannot afford."

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

27

"It is a well-documented fact that guys will not ask for directions. This is a biological thing. This is why it takes several million sperm cells... to locate a female egg, despite the fact that the egg is, relative to them, the size of Wisconsin."
quote hashtag
Dave Barry

"It is a well-documented fact that guys will not ask for directions. This is a biological thing. This is why it takes several million sperm cells... to locate a female egg, despite the fact that the egg is, relative to them, the size of Wisconsin."

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

48

"It is a scientific fact that your body will not absorb cholesterol if you take it from another person's plate."
quote hashtag
Dave Barry

"It is a scientific fact that your body will not absorb cholesterol if you take it from another person's plate."

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

20

"It always rains on tents. Rainstorms will travel thousands of miles, against prevailing winds for the opportunity to rain on a tent."
quote hashtag
Dave Barry

"It always rains on tents. Rainstorms will travel thousands of miles, against prevailing winds for the opportunity to rain on a tent."

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

14

"In fact, when you get right down to it, almost every explanation Man came up with for anything until about 1926 was stupid."
quote hashtag
Dave Barry

"In fact, when you get right down to it, almost every explanation Man came up with for anything until about 1926 was stupid."

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

52

"I have been a gigantic Rolling Stones fan since approximately the Spanish-American War."
quote hashtag
Dave Barry

"I have been a gigantic Rolling Stones fan since approximately the Spanish-American War."

War,
Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

28

"If you were to open up a baby's head - and I am not for a moment suggesting that you should - you would find nothing but an enormous drool gland."
quote hashtag
Dave Barry

"If you were to open up a baby's head - and I am not for a moment suggesting that you should - you would find nothing but an enormous drool gland."

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

14

"Magnetism, as you recall from physics class, is a powerful force that causes certain items to be attracted to refrigerators."
quote hashtag
Dave Barry

"Magnetism, as you recall from physics class, is a powerful force that causes certain items to be attracted to refrigerators."

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

19

"If you have a big enough dictionary, just about everything is a word."
quote hashtag
Dave Barry

"If you have a big enough dictionary, just about everything is a word."

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

41

"If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be 'meetings.'"
quote hashtag
Dave Barry

"If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be 'meetings.'"

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

24

"If God had wanted us to be concerned for the plight of the toads, he would have made them cute and furry."
quote hashtag
Dave Barry

"If God had wanted us to be concerned for the plight of the toads, he would have made them cute and furry."

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

29

"I would not know how I am supposed to feel about many stories if not for the fact that the TV news personalities make sad faces for sad stories and happy faces for happy stories."
quote hashtag
Dave Barry

"I would not know how I am supposed to feel about many stories if not for the fact that the TV news personalities make sad faces for sad stories and happy faces for happy stories."

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

14

"I want a pit crew... I hate the procedure I currently have to go through when I have car problems."
quote hashtag
Dave Barry

"I want a pit crew... I hate the procedure I currently have to go through when I have car problems."

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

45

"I realize that I'm generalizing here, but as is often the case when I generalize, I don't care."
quote hashtag
Dave Barry

"I realize that I'm generalizing here, but as is often the case when I generalize, I don't care."

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

45

"In 1765, Parliament passed the Stamp Act, which, as any American high school student can tell you, was an act that apparently had something to do with stamps."
quote hashtag
Dave Barry

"In 1765, Parliament passed the Stamp Act, which, as any American high school student can tell you, was an act that apparently had something to do with stamps."

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

39

"What right does Congress have to go around making laws just because they deem it necessary?"
quote hashtag
Marion Barry

"What right does Congress have to go around making laws just because they deem it necessary?"

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

43

"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country."
quote hashtag
Marion Barry

"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country."

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

39

"I have to admit I didn't do as much as I should have back when I was mayor, but now we're getting it done. It's not where you've been but where you're going."
quote hashtag
Marion Barry

"I have to admit I didn't do as much as I should have back when I was mayor, but now we're getting it done. It's not where you've been but where you're going."

Now,
Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

29

"Aside from the murders, DC has one of the lowest crime rates in the country."
quote hashtag
Marion Barry

"Aside from the murders, DC has one of the lowest crime rates in the country."

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

27

"People who don't know me have opinions about me. That's the part that's very hurtful. Because how do you form an opinion about somebody if you've never met them or spent any time with them? So it's all based upon hearsay or things that they've read."
quote hashtag
Rick Barry

"People who don't know me have opinions about me. That's the part that's very hurtful. Because how do you form an opinion about somebody if you've never met them or spent any time with them? So it's all based upon hearsay or things that they've read."

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

23

"In life it wasn't what you know, but who you know. I had people who were trying to buy teams and had they bought the teams, I would have gotten to coach because they wanted me to coach. But the people who have the teams hire their friends."
quote hashtag
Rick Barry

"In life it wasn't what you know, but who you know. I had people who were trying to buy teams and had they bought the teams, I would have gotten to coach because they wanted me to coach. But the people who have the teams hire their friends."

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

27

"It's only in relatively recent years that Hollywood became the playground of multinational corporations which regard movies and TV shows as a minor irritant to their overall activity."
quote hashtag
Peter Bart

"It's only in relatively recent years that Hollywood became the playground of multinational corporations which regard movies and TV shows as a minor irritant to their overall activity."

Share on Facebook_Black
Share on X_edited
Painting Icon

40

bottom of page