S. J. Perelman Quotes

"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
(Related: Fact, Personality)

"Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century."
- S. J. Perelman
(Related: Learning, Living, Will)

"I'd horsewhip you if I had a horse."
- S. J. Perelman

"He bit his lip in a manner which immediately awakened my maternal sympathy, and I helped him bite it."
- S. J. Perelman
(Related: Sympathy)

"Fate was dealing from the bottom of the deck."
- S. J. Perelman
(Related: Fate)

"Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin - it's the triumphant twang of a bedspring."
- S. J. Perelman
(Related: Love, Dying)