47 Quotes By Dave Barry


The Internet is the most important single development in the history of human communication since the invention of call waiting.
Dave Barry on history

Life is anything that dies when you stomp on it.
Dave Barry on life

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.
Dave Barry on men

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

Camping is nature's way of promoting the motel business.
Dave Barry on nature

We'll try to cooperate fully with the IRS, because, as citizens, we feel a strong patriotic duty not to go to jail.
Dave Barry on patriotism

Never assume that the guy understands that you and he have a relationship.
Dave Barry on relationship

The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they come after you with machetes.
Dave Barry on religion

The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion or ethnic background, is that we all believe we are above-average drivers.
Dave Barry on religion

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.
Dave Barry on religion

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.
Dave Barry on sad

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

The Internet: transforming society and shaping the future through chat.
Dave Barry on society

Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face.
Dave Barry on sports

The problem with winter sports is that - follow me closely here - they generally take place in winter.
Dave Barry on sports

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

The Internet is the most important single development in the history of human communication since the invention of call waiting.
Dave Barry on technology

To an adolescent, there is nothing in the world more embarrassing than a parent.
Dave Barry on teen

Your modern teenager is not about to listen to advice from an old person, defined as a person who remembers when there was no Velcro.
Dave Barry on teen

Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice.
Dave Barry on time