The person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed.
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 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 CERFThe Atomic Age is here to stay – but are we?
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 CERFThe Detroit String Quartet played Brahms last night. Brahms lost.
BENNETT CERFFor me, a hearty “belly laugh” is one of the beautiful sounds in the world.
BENNETT CERFDo 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.
BENNETT CERFThe 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.
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 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.
BENNETT CERFGood manners: The noise you don’t make when you’re eating soup.
BENNETT CERFMiddle age is when your old classmates are so grey and wrinkled and bald they don’t recognize you.
BENNETT CERFFootball 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.
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 CERFFame – anyone who says he doesn’t like it is crazy
BENNETT CERF