13 Quotes By Peter De Vries


The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly.
Peter De Vries on anniversary

Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.
Peter De Vries on art

A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.
Peter De Vries on car

I was thinking that we all learn by experience, but some of us have to go to summer school.
Peter De Vries on experience

Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us.
Peter De Vries on food

Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.
Peter De Vries on food

The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums.
Peter De Vries on food

The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance.
Peter De Vries on humor

The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly.
Peter De Vries on marriage

The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character.
Peter De Vries on marriage

The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.
Peter De Vries on marriage

Who of us is mature enough for offspring before the offspring themselves arrive? The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.
Peter De Vries on marriage

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every morning.
Peter De Vries on morning