Dave Barry

Dave Barry

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Dave Barry, an American author and columnist born in 1947, is someone whose words carry as much weight as their professional legacy. The range of their thinking — from Religion to Car — speaks to an intellectual restlessness that shows in every quote. Our collection holds 47 quotes from Dave Barry, each offering a different angle on Religion, Car, Teen, Technology, and Sports. A line that stays with you: "The leading cause of death among fashion models is falling through street grates."

“The information encoded in your DNA determines your unique biological characteristics, such as sex, eye color, age and Social Security number.”

— Dave Barry

Age

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“As a child, I was more afraid of tetanus shots than, for example, Dracula.”

— Dave Barry

Fear

“Eating rice cakes is like chewing on a foam coffee cup, only less filling.”

— Dave Barry

Food

“Guys are simple... women are not simple and they always assume that men must be just as complicated as they are, only way more mysterious. The whole point is guys are not thinking much. They are just what they appear to be. Tragically.”

— Dave Barry

Men

“It is a scientific fact that your body will not absorb cholesterol if you take it from another person's plate.”

— Dave Barry

Funny

“I want a pit crew... I hate the procedure I currently have to go through when I have car problems.”

— Dave Barry

Car

“Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice.”

— Dave Barry

Time

“I have been a gigantic Rolling Stones fan since approximately the Spanish-American War.”

— Dave Barry

War

“What I look forward to is continued immaturity followed by death.”

— Dave Barry

Death

“It always rains on tents. Rainstorms will travel thousands of miles, against prevailing winds for the opportunity to rain on a tent.”

— Dave Barry

Travel

“Life is anything that dies when you stomp on it.”

— Dave Barry

Life

“The world is full of strange phenomena that cannot be explained by the laws of logic or science. Dennis Rodman is only one example.”

— Dave Barry

Science

“Big business never pays a nickel in taxes, according to Ralph Nader, who represents a big consumer organization that never pays a nickel in taxes.”

— Dave Barry

Business

“It was Public Art, defined as art that is purchased by experts who are not spending their own personal money.”

— Dave Barry

Art

“We'll try to cooperate fully with the IRS, because, as citizens, we feel a strong patriotic duty not to go to jail.”

— Dave Barry

Patriotism

“Never assume that the guy understands that you and he have a relationship.”

— Dave Barry

Relationship

“The Internet is the most important single development in the history of human communication since the invention of call waiting.”

— Dave Barry

Communication

“The problem with winter sports is that - follow me closely here - they generally take place in winter.”

— Dave Barry

Sports

“The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they come after you with machetes.”

— Dave Barry

Religion

“The leading cause of death among fashion models is falling through street grates.”

— Dave Barry

Death

“I would not know how I am supposed to feel about many stories if not for the fact that the TV news personalities make sad faces for sad stories and happy faces for happy stories.”

— Dave Barry

Sad