Bennett Cerf > Quotes

“Coleridge was a drug addict. Poe was an alcoholic. Marlowe was killed by a man whom he was treacherously trying to stab. Pope took money to keep a woman's name out of a satire, then wrote a piece so that she could still be recognized, anyhow. Chatterton killed himself. Byron was accused of incest. Do you still want to a writer -and if so, why?”
― Bennett Cerf

“I can’t say this too often—that a little humor can make life worth living. That has always been my credo. Somebody once asked me, “What would you like your epitaph to be?” I’ve always said that I’d like it to be: “He left people a little happier than they were when he came into the room.”
― Bennett Cerf, At Random: The Reminiscences of Bennett Cerf

“When people are decent, things work out for everybody,” my father instructs us. “That’s been my theory all through life. If you’re making money, let the other fellow make it, too.… If you can work a thing out so that everybody profits, that’s the ideal business.”
― Bennett Cerf, At Random: The Reminiscences of Bennett Cerf

“Everybody was being decent, and when people are decent, thing work out for everybody. That has been my theory all through life. If you’re making money, let the other fellow make it too. If somebody’s getting hurt, it’s bad, but if you can work a thing out so that everybody profits that’s the ideal business.”
― Bennett Cerf, At Random: The Reminiscences of Bennett Cerf

“I don’t like getting old, but growing old happens to everybody, and you’ve got to be philosophical about it. I don’t fear death. I don’t believe in organized religion; I believe in being good. If there is a God, He’ll approve of your being a decent fellow.”
― bennett cerf, At Random: The Reminiscences of Bennett Cerf