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S.J Perelman quotes: 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.

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.

S.J Perelman quotes: This medal (the National Book Award) together with my American Express card, will identify me worldwide ... except at Bloomingdale's.

This medal (the National Book Award) together with my American Express card, will identify me worldwide ... except at Bloomingdale's.

S.J Perelman quotes: I tried to resist his overtures, but he plied me with symphonies, quartets, chamber music, and cantatas.

I tried to resist his overtures, but he plied me with symphonies, quartets, chamber music, and cantatas.

S.J Perelman quotes: Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin .. it's the triumphant twang of a bedspring

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

S.J Perelman quotes: Santa Barbara people are conservative-not like in L.A., where everybody wears rhinestones on their glasses to show that they own an airplane factory.

Santa Barbara people are conservative-not like in L.A., where everybody wears rhinestones on their glasses to show that they own an airplane factory.

S.J Perelman quotes: Fate was dealing from the bottom of the deck.

Fate was dealing from the bottom of the deck.

S.J Perelman quotes: "In France," Marcel said with wintry dignity, "accidents occur in the bedroom, not the kitchen."

"In France," Marcel said with wintry dignity, "accidents occur in the bedroom, not the kitchen."

S.J Perelman quotes: Tomatoes and squash never fail to reach maturity. You can spray them with acid, beat them with sticks and burn them; they love it.

Tomatoes and squash never fail to reach maturity. You can spray them with acid, beat them with sticks and burn them; they love it.

S.J Perelman quotes: In my more pompous moments I like to think of myself as a writer rather than a humorist, but I suppose that's merely the vanity of advancing age.

In my more pompous moments I like to think of myself as a writer rather than a humorist, but I suppose that's merely the vanity of advancing age.

S.J Perelman quotes: I cannot recall a more engaging passage in fiction, and I've been trying for almost eighteen seconds.

I cannot recall a more engaging passage in fiction, and I've been trying for almost eighteen seconds.

S.J Perelman quotes: I'm half Scotch-Irish on both sides, and when I lose my temper-brother, I go.

I'm half Scotch-Irish on both sides, and when I lose my temper-brother, I go.

S.J Perelman quotes: 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.

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.

S.J Perelman quotes: I loathe writing. On the other hand I'm a great believer in money.

I loathe writing. On the other hand I'm a great believer in money.

S.J Perelman quotes: Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.

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

S.J Perelman quotes: There is such a thing as too much couth.

There is such a thing as too much couth.

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

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

S.J Perelman quotes: The main obligation is to amuse yourself.

The main obligation is to amuse yourself.

S.J Perelman quotes: We old roosters must be cautious. Don't try to outwit your arteries.

We old roosters must be cautious. Don't try to outwit your arteries.

S.J Perelman quotes: I found the pearl of the Orient slightly less exciting than a rainy Sunday evening in Rochester.

I found the pearl of the Orient slightly less exciting than a rainy Sunday evening in Rochester.

S.J Perelman quotes: If, at the close of business each evening, I myself can understand what I've written, I feel the day hasn't been totally wasted.

If, at the close of business each evening, I myself can understand what I've written, I feel the day hasn't been totally wasted.

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.

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 quotes: The dubious privilege of a freelance writer is he's given the freedom to starve anywhere.

The dubious privilege of a freelance writer is he's given the freedom to starve anywhere.

S.J Perelman quotes: I had a hell of a time getting here, brother," I revealed when we had finished trading insincerities.

I had a hell of a time getting here, brother," I revealed when we had finished trading insincerities.

S.J Perelman quotes: I'd horsewhip you if I had a horse.

I'd horsewhip you if I had a horse.