Yahooey“I make mistakes; I'll be the second to admit it.” — Jean Kerr #quote #quotation #mistakes #JeanKerr #responsibility
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WIST QuotationsBOB: Do you know how helpless you feel if you have a full cup of coffee in your hand and you start to sneeze? There’s nothing to do but let it splash.
Jean Kerr (1922-2003) American author and playwright [b. Bridget Jean Collins]
Mary, Mary, Act 2 (1961)
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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.
Jean Kerr (1922-2003) American author and playwright [b. Bridget Jean Collins]
Essay (1959-03), “The Ten Worst Things About a Man,” McCall’s, Vol. 87, No. 6
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Kerr, Jean - Essay (1959-03), "The Ten Worst Things About a Man," McCall's, Vol. 87, No. 6 | WIST Quotations
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. Collected in her The Snake Has All the Lines (1960).
I make mistakes — I’ll be the second to admit it.
Jean Kerr (1922-2003) American author and playwright [b. Bridget Jean Collins]
Essay (1958-07), “Hand Me My Dark Glasses,” McCall’s Magazine
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Kerr, Jean - Essay (1958-07), "Hand Me My Dark Glasses," McCall's Magazine | WIST Quotations
I make mistakes -- I'll be the second to admit it. Collected in her The Snake Has All the Lines (1960) as "I Was a Sand Crab." The original in McCall's has what I suspect is an incorrect "correction" from an editor, reading "I'll be the first to admit it,"…
I’m tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep. That’s deep enough. What do you want, an adorable pancreas? Personally, I find that it’s work, work, work just trying to keep this top half inch in shape.
Jean Kerr (1922-2003) American author and playwright [b. Bridget Jean Collins]
Essay (1960-11), “Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall, I Don’t Want to Hear One Word Out of You,” Ladies' Home Journal, Vol. 77, No. 4
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Kerr, Jean - Essay (1960-11), "Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall, I Don't Want to Hear One Word Out of You," Ladies' Home Journal, Vol. 77, No. 4 | WIST Quotations
I'm tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep. That's deep enough. What do you want, an adorable pancreas? Personally, I find that it’s work, work, work just trying to keep this top half inch in shape. Collected in The Snake Has All The Lines (1960). See Adams…
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.
Jean Kerr (1922-2003) American author and playwright [b. Bridget Jean Collins]
Essay (1960-02), “Air Travel Is Definitely Not for Me,” McCall’s Magazine, Vol. 87, No. 6
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Kerr, Jean - Essay (1960-02), "Air Travel Is Definitely Not for Me," McCall's Magazine, Vol. 87, No. 6 | WIST Quotations
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. Collected as "Go, Josephine in Your Flying Machine," in The Snake Has All the Lines (1960).
In the beginning, we made the usual mistake of looking at houses we could afford. I am working on a proposition, hereafter to be known as Kerr’s law, which states in essence: All the houses you can afford to buy are depressing.
Jean Kerr (1922-2003) American author and playwright [b. Bridget Jean Collins]
Essay (1955-11), “Our Gingerbread Dream House,” Ladies Home Journal, Vol. 72, No. 11
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Kerr, Jean - Essay (1955-11), "Our Gingerbread Dream House," Ladies Home Journal | WIST Quotations
In the beginning, we made the usual mistake of looking at houses we could afford. I am working on a proposition, hereafter to be known as Kerr's law, which states in essence: All the houses you can afford to buy are depressing. Reprinted as "The Kerr-Hilton" in Please Don't Eat…
While in some quarters it is felt that the critic is just a necessary evil, most serious-minded, decent, talented theater people agree that the critic is an unnecessary evil.
Jean Kerr (1922-2003) American author and playwright [b. Bridget Jean Collins]
Essay (1957), “One Half of Two on the Aisle,” Please Don’t Eat the Daisies
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Kerr, Jean - Essay (1957), "One Half of Two on the Aisle," Please Don’t Eat the Daisies | WIST Quotations
While in some quarters it is felt that the critic is just a necessary evil, most serious-minded, decent, talented theater people agree that the critic is an unnecessary evil. No earlier magazine publication found.
An actor can remember his briefest notice well into senescence and long after he has forgotten his phone number and where he lives.
Jean Kerr (1922-2003) American author and playwright [b. Bridget Jean Collins]
Essay (1957), “One Half of Two on the Aisle,” Please Don’t Eat the Daisies
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Oftentimes, in the evening after they have finished spreading the fertilizer, the writer and his wife sit on the fence — with a wonderful sense of “togetherness” — and listen to the magic symphony of the crickets.
I can understand that. Around our house, we’re pretty busy, and of course we’re not the least bit integrated, but nevertheless my husband and I often sit together in the deepening twilight and listen to the sweet, gentle slosh-click, slosh-click of the dishwasher. He smiles and I smile. Oh, it’s a golden moment.
I can understand that. Around our house, we’re pretty busy, and of course we’re not the least bit integrated, but nevertheless my husband and I often sit together in the deepening twilight and listen to the sweet, gentle slosh-click, slosh-click of the dishwasher. He smiles and I smile. Oh, it’s a golden moment.
Jean Kerr (1922-2003) American author and playwright [b. Bridget Jean Collins]
Essay (1955-08-01), “Greenwich, Anyone?” Vogue Magazine
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Kerr, Jean - Essay (1955-08-01), "Greenwich, Anyone?" Vogue Magazine | WIST Quotations
Oftentimes, in the evening after they have finished spreading the fertilizer, the writer and his wife sit on the fence — with a wonderful sense of "togetherness" — and listen to the magic symphony of the crickets. I can understand that. Around our house, we're pretty busy, and of course…