“The fact is that all of us have only one personality, and we wring it out like a dishtowel. You are what you are.” Quote by S. J. Perelman
“A farm is an irregular patch of nettles bounded by short-term notes, containing a fool and his wife who didn't know enough to stay in the city.” KnowsEnoughTermCitiesWifeFoolNotesFarmsShort TermPatchesContainingNettles Author:S. J. Perelman
“The worst disgrace that can befall a producer is an unkind notice from a New York reviewer. When this happens, the producer becomes a pariah in Hollywood. He is shunned by his friends, thrown into bankruptcy, and like a Japanese electing hara-kiri, he commits suttee.” HappensWorstNew YorkHollywoodCommitProducersThrownDisgraceBankruptcyUnkindReviewersPariahs Author:S. J. Perelman
“Only the scenario writers are exempt. These are tied between the tails of two spirited Caucasian ponies, which are then driven off in opposite directions. This custom is called a conference.” TwoOppositesDrivenCustomsTiedTailsConferencesScenariosSpiritedPoniesCaucasian Author:S. J. Perelman
“The dubious privilege of a freelance writer is he’s given the freedom to starve anywhere.” WritingGivenPrivilegeEditorsEditingDubious Author:S. J. Perelman
“I have no truck with lettuce, cabbage, and similar chlorophyll. Any dietitian will tell you that a running foot of apple strudel contains four times the vitamins of a bushel of beans.” RunningFourFeetFoodCookingApplesCulinaryTruckDessertBeansVitaminsCabbageLettuce Author:S. J. Perelman
“I don't know where we're going or how we'll get there, but when we get there we'll be there - and that's something, even if it's nothing.” IfsKnows Author:S. J. Perelman
“Marriage and conjugal love are by their nature ordained toward the procreation and education of children. Children are really the supreme gift of marriage and contribute in the highest degree to their parents' welfare.” ChildrenParentDegreesHighestSupremeWelfareProcreationConjugal Author:Pope Paul VI
“There are those who ask what authority, what theological qualification, the Council intended to give to its teachings, knowing that it avoided issuing solemn dogmatic definitions backed by the Church's infallible teaching authority. The answer is known by those who remember the conciliar declaration of March 6, 1964, repeated on November 16, 1964. In view of the pastoral nature of the Council, it avoided proclaiming in an extraordinary manner any dogmata carrying the mark of infallibility.” GivingPastRememberAsksChurchAnswersViewsKnownKnowingTeachingAuthorityMarkExtraordinaryDefinitionsMarchDeclarationCouncilAvoidedSolemnNovemberTheologicalQualificationsInfallibleDogmaticProclaimingInfallibility Author:Pope Paul VI
“Perhaps the Lord has called me and preserved me for this service not because I am particularly fit for it, or so that I can govern and rescue the Church from her present difficulties, but so that I can suffer something for the Church, and in that way it will be clear that he, and no other, is her guide and saviour” WayI CanSufferingChurchLordClearFitDifficultyGuidesRescueSaviour Author:Pope Paul VI
“Without repeating everything that we have already mentioned, it is appropriate first of all to emphasize the following point: for the Church, the first means of evangelization is the witness of an authentically Christian life, given over to God in a communion that nothing should destroy and at the same time given to one's neighbor with limitless zeal. As we said recently to a group of lay people, “Modern man listens more willingly to witnesses than to teachers, and if he does listen to teachers, it is because they are witnesses.” PeopleIfsMenShouldFirstsMeanDoeSaidChristianGivenChurchTeacherGroupsModernLaysFollowingNeighborChristian LifeWitnessAppropriateCommunionLimitlessZealModern Man Author:Pope Paul VI