It is sometimes difficult to be inspired when trying to write a persuasive essay, book report or thoughtful research paper. Often of times, it is hard to find words that best describe your ideas. VIPessays now provides a database of over 150,000 quotations and proverbs from the famous inventors, philosophers, sportsmen, artists, celebrities, business people, and authors that are aimed to enrich and strengthen your essay, term paper, book report, thesis or research paper.
Try our free search of constantly updated quotations and proverbs database.
Browse Authors:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
(Click a letter to view the authors)
Letter "P" » Peter De Vries Quotes
(Click a letter to view the authors)
«When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I begin to think of the victims of intact ones.»
Author: Peter De Vries
(Editor, Linguist, Novelist, Satirist)
| About:
Compassion
| Keywords:
homes, intact, The Victims, victims
«I was thinking that we all learn by experience, but some of us have to go to summer school.»
«There are times when parenthood seems nothing more than feeding the hand that bites you»
Author: Peter De Vries
(Editor, Linguist, Novelist, Satirist)
| About:
Parenthood
| Keywords:
bites, feeding, parenthood
«A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car for ever after»
Author: Peter De Vries
(Editor, Linguist, Novelist, Satirist)
| About:
Children,
Mothers
| Keywords:
deliver, Ever After, suburban
«Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.»
Author: Peter De Vries
(Editor, Linguist, Novelist, Satirist)
| About:
Celibacy
| Keywords:
abuse, celibacy, self-abuse
«My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he could hate that too.»
«I am not impressed by the Ivy League establishments. Of course they graduate the best -- it's all they'll take, leaving to others the problem of educating the country. They will give you an education the way the banks will give you money -- provided you can prove to their satisfaction that you don't need it.»
Author: Peter De Vries
(Editor, Linguist, Novelist, Satirist)
| Keywords:
Banks, educating, establishments, graduate, graduating, impressed, ivy, Ivy League, league, Left Bank, Others The
«The tuba is certainly the most intestinal of instruments, the very lower bowel of music.»
Author: Peter De Vries
(Editor, Linguist, Novelist, Satirist)
| Keywords:
bowel, instruments, intestinal, lower, tuba
«The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly.»
«We must love one another, yes, yes, that's all true enough, but nothing says we have to like each other. It may be the very recognition of all men as our brothers that accounts for the sibling rivalry, and even enmity, we have toward so many of them.»
Research our database of over 800,000 top-quality pre-written papers plus 15,000 biographies for only $9.95/month.
Instant Account Activation. Register Now.
Instant Account Activation. Register Now.