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S. J. Perelman

Read through the most famous quotes from S. J. Perelman




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


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He bit his lip in a manner which immediately awakened my maternal sympathy, and I helped him bite it.


— S. J. Perelman


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Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin - it's the triumphant twang of a bedspring.


— S. J. Perelman


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Fate was dealing from the bottom of the deck.


— S. J. Perelman


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I'd horsewhip you if I had a horse.


— S. J. Perelman


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I'll dispose of my teeth as I see fit, and after they've gone, I'll get along. I started off living on gruel, and by God, I can always go back to it again.


— S. J. Perelman


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Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.


— S. J. Perelman


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About S. J. Perelman






Did you know about S. J. Perelman?

Perelman chose to describe these pieces as feuilletons — a French literary term meaning "literary or scientific articles; serial stories" (literally "large leaves") — and he defined himself as a feuilletoniste. It is largely considered juvenilia and its pieces were never included in future Perelman collections. His play The Beauty Part (1962) which starred Bert Lahr in multiple roles fared less well its short run attributed at least in part to the accompanying 114-day 1962 New York City newspaper strike.

J. He is best known for his humorous short pieces written over many years for The New Yorker.

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