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 only kind of seafood I trust is the fish stick, a totally featureless fish that doesn't have eyeballs or fins.”

— Dave Barry

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All Quotes by Dave Barry

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

— Dave Barry

Death

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

— Dave Barry

Life

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

— Dave Barry

Communication

“Bill Gates is a very rich man today... and do you want to know why? The answer is one word: versions.”

— Dave Barry

Technology

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

— Dave Barry

Relationship

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

— Dave Barry

Food

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

— Dave Barry

Sports

“Hobbies of any kind are boring except to people who have the same hobby. This is also true of religion, although you will not find me saying so in print.”

— Dave Barry

Religion

“The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion or ethnic background, is that we all believe we are above-average drivers.”

— Dave Barry

Age

“Your modern teenager is not about to listen to advice from an old person, defined as a person who remembers when there was no Velcro.”

— Dave Barry

Teen

“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

“Camping is nature's way of promoting the motel business.”

— Dave Barry

Business

“The simple truth is that balding African-American men look cool when they shave their heads, whereas balding white men look like giant thumbs.”

— Dave Barry

Cool

“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

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

— Dave Barry

Car

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

— Dave Barry

Art

“Auto racing is boring except when a car is going at least 172 miles per hour upside down.”

— Dave Barry

Car

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

— Dave Barry

Age

“I believe that we parents must encourage our children to become educated, so they can get into a good college that we cannot afford.”

— Dave Barry

Good

“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