I think the right to read, is one of our inherent rights, and I think that people in America today are intelligent enough to decide for themselves what they want to read. Without being told, by self-appointed people, you must not read this, or you cannot read this.
BENNETT CERFGross ignorance is 144 times worse than ordinary ignorance.
More Bennett Cerf Quotes
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For me, a hearty “belly laugh” is one of the beautiful sounds in the world.
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There once was a student named Bessor Whose knowledge grew lessor and lessor. It at last grew so small He knew nothing at all, And today he’s a college professor!
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The fundamental difference between the mystery story and the ghost story is the fact that a mystery demands a solution for its effectiveness; a ghost story is necessarily unsolvable; the reader must be willing to accept the fact that nothing is proved.
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Banquet: a plate of cold, hairy chicken and artificially coloured green peas completely surrounded by dreary speeches and appeals for donations.
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One of the troubles of the day, observes Mr. C.N. Peac, is that once we came upon the little red schoolhouse, whereas now we come upon the little-read school boy.
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Football season: The only time of the year when a man can walk down the street with a blond on one arm and a blanket on the other without encountering raised eyebrows.
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Most of the things that are supposed to be so objectionable in books are things that every teenager, in the United States, not only knows, but has talked about at length in school, or on the way home from school.
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TV’s sameness has destroyed many things, such as the American urge toward independent thought.
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There is a mass of people, we might as well admit, who if they weren’t watching television, would be doing absolutely nothing else.
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Do I believe in ghosts? Of course I do. So do you. Deep in the souls of the most sophisticated of us is lurking a fear of the supernatural which all the discoveries of scientists cannot eradicate.
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Fame – anyone who says he doesn’t like it is crazy
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Politicians are like ships: noisiest when lost in a fog.
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The Atomic Age is here to stay – but are we?
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One of the greatest threats facing book publishing, and the entire country for that matter, is censorship.
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The person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed.
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