To an adolescent, there is nothing in the world more embarrassing than a parent.

More quotes by Dave Barry

View all
""If you had to identify in one word the reason why the human race has not achieved and never will achieve its full potential, that word would be ‘meetings.’""

- Dave Barry

Awareness

"If you had to identify in one word the reason why the human race has not achieved and never will achieve its full potential, that word would be 'meetings.'"

- Dave Barry

Awareness

"Your modern teenager is not about to listen to advice from an old person, defined as a person who remembers when there was no Velcro."

- Dave Barry

Awareness

"You should not confuse your career with your life."

- Dave Barry

Balance

"If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base."

- Dave Barry

Compassion

More Relationships Quotes

View all
"We cannot control who we fall in love with, but we can choose how we treat them."

- Beauty and the Beast

Relationships

"I think it takes a strong man to be in a relationship with a strong woman. A lot of people hear the word ‘diva’ and think of it as a negative. I see it as a positive. I want somebody who knows what they want out of life and isn’t afraid to show it."

- Nick Cannon

Relationships

"It’s not what’s under the tree that matters, it’s who’s gathered around it."

Relationships

"As we struggle with shopping lists and invitations, compounded by December’s bad weather, it is good to be reminded that there are people in our lives who are worth this aggravation, and people to whom we are worth the same."

- Donald E. Westlake

Relationships

"A man who correctly guesses a woman’s age may be smart, but he’s not very bright."

- Lucille Ball

Relationships