Peter de Vries

Peter De Vries (February 27, 1910 – September 28, 1993) was an American editor and novelist known for his satiric wit. He has been described by the philosopher Daniel Dennett as "probably the funniest writer on religion ever".

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    “Anyone informed that the universe is expanding and contracting in pulsations of eighty billion years has a right to ask, “What’s in it for me?””
    —Peter De Vries (b. 1910)

    “Most vegetarians I ever see looked enough like their food to be classed as cannibals.”
    —Finley Peter Dunne (1867–1936)

    “There are times when parenthood seems nothing but feeding the mouth that bites you.”
    —Peter De Vries (b. 1910)