Bennett Cerf

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The Detroit String Quartet played Brahms last night. Brahms lost.


— Bennett Cerf


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Middle age is when your old classmates are so grey and wrinkled and bald they don't recognize you.


— Bennett Cerf


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The person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed.


— Bennett Cerf


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Good manners: The noise you don't make when you're eating soup.


— Bennett Cerf


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A pat on the back, through only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, is miles ahead in results.


— Bennett Cerf


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Fame - anyone who says he doesn't like it is crazy.


— Bennett Cerf


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For me, a hearty "belly laugh" is one of the beautiful sounds in the world.


— Bennett Cerf


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Gross ignorance is 144 times worse than ordinary ignorance.


— Bennett Cerf


#ignorance #ordinary #than #times #worse

The Atomic Age is here to stay - but are we?


— Bennett Cerf


#atomic #here #stay






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Attorney assigned to assess the work's obscenity felt that it was a "literary masterpiece" he also found it obscene within the meaning of the law. Bennett Alfred Cerf (May 25 1898 – August 27 1971) was an American publiBennett Cerfr one of the founders of American publishing firm Random House. He then was named a vice-president of the publishing firm Boni & Liveright.

Bennett Alfred Cerf (May 25 1898 – August 27 1971) was an American publiBennett Cerfr one of the founders of American publishing firm Random House.