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."

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

— Dave Barry

Business

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

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

— Dave Barry

Car

“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 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

“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

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

— Dave Barry

Death

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

— Dave Barry

Art

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

— Dave Barry

Technology

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

— Dave Barry

Food

“The four building blocks of the universe are fire, water, gravel and vinyl.”

— Dave Barry

Funny

“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

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

— Dave Barry

Computers

“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 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 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

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

— Dave Barry

Relationship

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

— Dave Barry

Fear