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.
BENNETT CERFGross ignorance is 144 times worse than ordinary ignorance.
More Bennett Cerf Quotes
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I don’t stutter when I talk to God. He loves me.
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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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The Atomic Age is here to stay – but are we?
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TV’s sameness has destroyed many things, such as the American urge toward independent thought.
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The 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.
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Politicians are like ships: noisiest when lost in a fog.
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Good manners: The noise you don’t make when you’re eating soup.
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Fame – anyone who says he doesn’t like it is crazy
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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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Middle age is when your old classmates are so grey and wrinkled and bald they don’t recognize you.
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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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Oratory is the art of making a loud noise sound like a deep thought.
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I 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.
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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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