Dave Barry
Dave Barry
David McAlister "Dave" Barryis a Pulitzer Prize winning American author and columnist, who wrote a nationally syndicated humor column for the Miami Herald from 1983 to 2005. He has also written numerous books of humor and parody, as well as comedic novels...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth3 July 1947
CityArmonk, NY
CountryUnited States of America
inspiration muse deadline
Like all writers, my greatest inspiration, my ultimate muse, is a deadline.
religious views people
People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.
golf hitting balls
For me, the worst part of playing golf, by far, has always been hitting the ball.
jobs writing thinking
Don't you wish you had a job like mine? All you have to do is think up a certain number of words! Plus, you can repeat words! And they don't even have to be true!
perfect-days world obsession
What's happened to marriage? The wedding-industrial complex. Brides get swept up in this world of obsession - it has to be your perfect day.
inspirational birthday believe
The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion or ethnic background, is that we all believe we are above-average drivers.
trust food sea
The only kind of seafood I trust is the fish stick, a totally featureless fish that doesn't have eyeballs or fins.
inspiration reality hiking
Camping is nature's way of promoting the motel business.
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I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don't even invite me.
marriage party talking
As you get older; you've probably noticed that you tend to forget things. You'll be talking with somebody at a party, and you'll know that you know this person, but no matter how hard you try, you can't remember his or her name. This can be very embarassing, especially if he or she turns out to be your spouse.
exercise dieting speech
Albert Einstein, who discovered that a tiny amount of mass is equal to a huge amount of energy, which explains why, as Einstein himself so eloquently put it in a famous 1939 speech to the Physics Department at Princeton, 'You have to exercise for a week to work off the thigh fat from a single Snickers.'
children perfect-parents excellent
A perfect parent is a person with excellent child-rearing theories and no actual children.
animal orangutans looks
Orangutan are very weird animals but they look very soulful.
inspirational-life years people
Americans who travel abroad for the first time are often shocked to discover that, despite all the progress that has been made in the last 30 years, many foreign people still speak in foreign languages