Jean Kerr Quotes

A collection of quotes by Jean Kerr.

Jean Kerr (1922-2003) was an American author and playwright best known for her humor-filled books and plays. She was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania and grew up in the nearby town of Wilkes-Barre. Kerr attended Marywood College and later transferred to Marymount College, where she graduated with a degree in English literature.

After completing her education, Kerr started working as an advertising copywriter in New York City. Her writing talents soon caught the attention of publishers, and she began writing humorous articles for magazines such as Vogue and McCall's. Her witty and insightful observations on family life, particularly about her experiences raising four children, resonated with readers.

In 1957, Kerr published her first book, "Please Don't Eat the Daisies." The book, based on her column for The New York Herald Tribune, became an instant success and was later adapted into a film and television series. Kerr went on to write several more books, including "The Snake Has All the Lines" and "Penny Candy," all characterized by her unique blend of warmth, wit, and keen observations.

In addition to her books, Jean Kerr also wrote several successful plays, including "Mary, Mary" which ran for over 1,500 performances on Broadway and won the Tony Award for Best Play in 1961. She continued to write and contribute to various publications throughout her life. Jean Kerr's engaging, humorous writing style endeared her to a wide audience, making her one of the most popular comedic writers of her time.

Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks

Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to speak by something outside himself like, for instance, he can't find any clean socks.

If you can keep your head about you when all about you are l

If you can keep your head about you when all about you are losing theirs, its just possible you haven't grasped the situation.

I'm tired of all this nonsense about beauty being skin deep.

I'm tired of all this nonsense about beauty being skin deep. That's deep enough. What do you want, an adorable pancreas?

I think success has no rules, but you can learn a great deal

I think success has no rules, but you can learn a great deal from failure.

A lawyer is never entirely comfortable with a friendly divor

A lawyer is never entirely comfortable with a friendly divorce, anymore than a good mortician wants to finish his job and then have the patient sit up on the table.

Some people have such a talent for making the best of a bad

Some people have such a talent for making the best of a bad situation that they go around creating bad situations so they can make the best of them.

Marrying a man is like buying something you've been admiring

Marrying a man is like buying something you've been admiring for a long time in a shop window. You may love it when you get it home, but it doesn't always go with everything else in the house.

Man is the only animal that learns by being hypocritical. He

Man is the only animal that learns by being hypocritical. He pretends to be polite and then, eventually, he becomes polite.

The average, healthy, well-adjusted adult gets up at seven-t

The average, healthy, well-adjusted adult gets up at seven-thirty in the morning feeling just plain terrible.

Hope is the feeling you have that the feeling you have isn't

Hope is the feeling you have that the feeling you have isn't permanent.

Being divorced is like being hit by a Mack truck. If you liv

Being divorced is like being hit by a Mack truck. If you live through it, you start looking very carefully to the right and to the left.

I feel about airplanes the way I feel about diets. It seems

I feel about airplanes the way I feel about diets. It seems to me that they are wonderful things for other people to go on.

Even though a number of people have tried, no one has ever f

Even though a number of people have tried, no one has ever found a way to drink for a living.

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You don't seem to realize that a poor person who is unhappy

You don't seem to realize that a poor person who is unhappy is in a better position than a rich person who is unhappy. Because the poor person has hope. He thinks money would help.

If you can keep your head when all about you are losing thei

If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, it's just possible you haven't grasped the situation.

I'm tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin-

I'm tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep. That's deep enough. What do you want --an adorable pancreas?