The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination is locked up in the safe.

—Peter De Vries

About Peter De Vries

Peter De Vries (February 27, 1910 – September 28, 1993) was an American editor and novelist known for his satiric wit.

More quotations from Peter De Vries

The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums.

—Peter De Vries

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Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked.

—Peter De Vries

I don't think that the comic and the serious can be separated in talking about human reality, any more than you can separate hydrogen and oxygen and still be talking about water.

—Peter De Vries

Life is a zoo in a jungle.

—Peter De Vries

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My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he could hate that too.

—Peter De Vries

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12 Apr 2015 Added