The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist bri... -Peter De Vries

The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance.

Peter De Vries , Novelist
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Peter De Vries Quotes to Explore

The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance....
The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums....
Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us....
The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly....
The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults....
The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character....
Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums....
Life is a zoo in a jungle....

Humor Quotes to Explore

I'd probably describe my sense of humor as 'twisted,' I guess. It's not hard to make me laugh, especially when I'm surrounded by my close friends, esp...
The 'Twilight' movies are great in their own right, but they certainly don't have any sense of humor to them....
Our first show, 'A Little Nightmare Music,' encompasses a lot of zany humor with beautiful classical music....
From the very beginning, I started doing music performances with a lot of theatrical aspects to them, where humor was a part of it but not necessarily...
We are fans of Mozart and Beethoven, as well 'South Park' and Borat. We believe that we can attract many people who eschew the serious ambiance of con...
The Muslims in the Cape are associated with having a very good sense of humor....
Humor helps people open up....
I think that humor is part of what saves us from despair....
As a kid, I loved 'Godot' because of the poetry and the humor and the strangeness, but then as you get older, it's much more resonant....
My humor is a lot like Kristen Wiig's from 'Saturday Night Live' or 'Bridesmaids.' Quirky, off the beaten path....