S. J. Perelman Quotes

I used to pride myself on being impervious to the sentimentalities of soap opera, but when that loveliest of actresses, Rachel Gurney, of Upstairs, Downstairs, perished on the Titanic, I wept so convulsively and developed such anorexia that I had to be force-fed.

S. J. Perelman

Quotes to Explore

I throw ideas out into the open when I really should just be writing them down in a journal.

Dan Deacon
- Writing
- Ideas
- Down
I have vowed never to take antibiotics again unless I really need them. I also learned to pay attention to my body, know the difference between indigestion, an allergic reaction to food, a parasitic infection or worms. It's incredible how well I know my body. I really love that.

Nargis Fakhri
- Know
- Difference
- Reaction
Calling Rand Paul 'the most interesting man in politics' is an invitation to an argument - but one we suspect he'd love to have.

Nancy Gibbs
- Man
- Interesting
- Politics
Going to rehearsals of school plays got me out of science. It became clear what inspired me and what dampened my spirit. The only other thing I could do at school was trampolining - it didn't seem to have much future in it.

Tamsin Greig
- School
- Future
- Science
I never come away from a film thinking I nailed it.

Sally Hawkins
- Thinking
- Never
- Film
But we cannot rely on memorials and museums alone. We can tell ourselves we will never forget and we likely won't. But we need to make sure that we teach history to those who never had the opportunity to remember in the first place.

Dan Rather