"I was thinking that we all learn by experience, but some of us have to go to summer school." ― Peter De Vries Topic(s): Experience More From Peter De Vries "Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums." "A suburban mother’s role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after." "The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults." More In Experience "A person’s worth is quite independent of their usefulness to society."― Kjell Magne Bondevik "Throughout my whole life, as a performer, I’ve never played with a band. I’ve always played alone, so I was never required to stay in rhythm or anything. So it was a real different experience for me to start playing with a band. There were so many basic things for me to learn."― Steve Martin "Truth be told, I’m not an easy man. I can be an entertaining one, though it’s been my experience that most people don’t want to be entertained. They want to be comforted."― Richard Russo