S. J. Perelman Quotes

Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.

learning

A dreary industrial town controlled by hoodlums of enormous wealth, the ethical sense of a pack of jackals and taste so degraded that it befouled everything it touched.

I'll dispose of my teeth as I see fit, and after they've gone, I'll get along. I started off living on gruel, and by God, I can always go back to it again.

Crazy like a fox.

Fate was dealing from the bottom of the deck.

fate

Oh, son, I wish you hadn't become a scenario writer! she sniffled. Aw, now, Moms, I comforted her, it's no worse than playing the piano in a call house.

mom

The worst disgrace that can befall a producer is an unkind notice from a New York reviewer. When this happens, the producer becomes a pariah in Hollywood. He is shunned by his friends, thrown into bankruptcy, and like a Japanese electing hara-kiri, he commits suttee.

disgrace