Dave Barry

Dave Barry

37 quotes

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."

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

— Dave Barry

Food

All Quotes by Dave Barry

“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

“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

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

— Dave Barry

Car

“The Internet: transforming society and shaping the future through chat.”

— Dave Barry

Computers

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

— Dave Barry

Communication

“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

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

— Dave Barry

Trust

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

— Dave Barry

Death

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

— Dave Barry

Business

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

— Dave Barry

Car

“Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep.”

— Dave Barry

Saintpatricksday

“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

“I am not the only person who uses his computer mainly for the purpose of diddling with his computer.”

— Dave Barry

Computers

“To an adolescent, there is nothing in the world more embarrassing than a parent.”

— Dave Barry

Teen

“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

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

— Dave Barry

Food

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

— Dave Barry

War

“Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise for them to bark violently at nothing right in your ear.”

— Dave Barry

Car

“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

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

— Dave Barry

Art