The Detroit String Quartet played Brahms last night. Brahms lost.
BENNETT CERFThe Detroit String Quartet played Brahms last night. Brahms lost.
BENNETT CERFOne 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.
BENNETT CERFBanquet: a plate of cold, hairy chicken and artificially coloured green peas completely surrounded by dreary speeches and appeals for donations.
BENNETT CERFThere is a mass of people, we might as well admit, who if they weren’t watching television, would be doing absolutely nothing else.
BENNETT CERFFame – anyone who says he doesn’t like it is crazy
BENNETT CERFThere 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!
BENNETT CERFFor me, a hearty “belly laugh” is one of the beautiful sounds in the world.
BENNETT CERFThe Atomic Age is here to stay – but are we?
BENNETT CERFThe fact that we don’t read more books in America can be traced squarely to the fact that we have newspapers that are about a hundred times as big as the newspapers anywhere else.
BENNETT CERFThe person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed.
BENNETT CERFPoliticians are like ships: noisiest when lost in a fog.
BENNETT CERFMiddle age is when your old classmates are so grey and wrinkled and bald they don’t recognize you.
BENNETT CERFI 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 CERFI don’t stutter when I talk to God. He loves me.
BENNETT CERFI think it’s become fashionable for the snobbish egghead today to make fun of television. I’ve heard many people, boast, “I would never have a television set in my house,” well, these people are fools.
BENNETT CERFMost 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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