“A gene can be either dominant or recessive, depending on which type of gene it is.”
Filter quotes by topic
Famous Dave Barry Quotes
Source: My Teenage Son's Goal in Life Is to Make Me Feel 3,500 Years Old: and Other Thoughts on Parenting from Dave Barry
“Never assume that the guy understands that you and he have a relationship.”
Source: Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys
Source: Dave Barry in Cyberspace
Source: The World According to Dave Barry
“Auto racing is boring except when a car is going at least 172 miles per hour upside down.”
Source: Dave Barry Is from Mars and Venus
Source: Dave Barry's Greatest Hits
“Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.”
Source: Dave Barry Turns 50
Source: Dave Barry Turns Forty
“The word user is the word used by the computer professional when they mean idiot.”
“The Internet: transforming society and shaping the future through chat.”
Source: Dave Barry in Cyberspace
Source: Dave Barry Is Not Taking This Sitting Down
Source: Dave Barry's Greatest Hits
Source: Dave Barry Is from Mars and Venus
Source: Dave Barry Is from Mars and Venus
“My problem with chess was that all my pieces wanted to end the game as soon as possible.”
“Eugene is located in western Oregon, approximately 278 billion miles from anything.”
Source: Dave Barry Is from Mars and Venus
Source: My Teenage Son's Goal in Life Is to Make Me Feel 3,500 Years Old: and Other Thoughts on Parenting from Dave Barry
Source: Dave Barry Hits Below the Beltway
“For me, the worst part of playing golf, by far, has always been hitting the ball.”
“I have been a gigantic Rolling Stones fan since approximately the Spanish-American War.”
Source: Dave Barry Is Not Taking This Sitting Down
“If you have a big enough dictionary, just about everything is a word.”
“The real threat to whales is whaling, which has endangered many whale species.”
“The Sixties are now considered a historical period, just like the Roman Empire.”
Source: Dave Barry Slept Here: A Sort of History of the United States
“I realize that I'm generalizing here, but as is often the case when I generalize, I don't care.”
Source: Dave Barry's Greatest Hits