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Peter De Vries

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Peter De Vries's background may be a mystery, but their perspective is crystal clear. The range of their thinking — from Marriage to Food — speaks to an intellectual restlessness that shows in every quote. Discover 13 of Peter De Vries's most memorable quotes, ranging across Marriage, Food, Morning, Humor, and Experience. Perhaps their most recognizable line: "Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums."

“The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.”

— Peter De Vries

Marriage

All Quotes by Peter De Vries

“The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.”

— Peter De Vries

Marriage

“The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums.”

— Peter De Vries

Food

“I was thinking that we all learn by experience, but some of us have to go to summer school.”

— Peter De Vries

Experience

“Who of us is mature enough for offspring before the offspring themselves arrive? The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.”

— Peter De Vries

Marriage

“A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.”

— Peter De Vries

Car

“The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly.”

— Peter De Vries

Anniversary

“Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us.”

— Peter De Vries

Food

“The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance.”

— Peter De Vries

Humor

“The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character.”

— Peter De Vries

Marriage

“I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every morning.”

— Peter De Vries

Morning

“Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.”

— Peter De Vries

Art