WIST Quotations

Kerr, Jean -- Essay (1957), “Please Don’t Eat the Daisies,” Please Don’t Eat the Daisies

Dave — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 19:29:40 +0000

We are being very careful with our children. They’ll never have to pay a psychiatrist twenty-five dollars an hour to find out why we rejected them. We’ll tell them why we rejected them. Because they’re impossible, that’s why.

Jean Kerr (1922–2003) American author and playwright [b. Bridget Jean Collins]
Essay (1957), “Please Don’t Eat the Daisies,” Please Don’t Eat the Daisies
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Rogers, Will -- Column (1924-08-24), “Weekly Article: About Peggy, the Prince, Candidates, and Coolidge” [No. 89]

Dave — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 22:10:54 +0000

There are two things that I don’t care how smart you are, you will never understand. One is an alienist’s [psychiatrist’s] testimony, and the other is a railroad time table.

Will Rogers (1879–1935) American humorist
Column (1924-08-24), “Weekly Article: About Peggy, the Prince, Candidates, and Coolidge” [No. 89]
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Holland, Barbara -- Wasn’t the Grass Greener?: A Curmudgeon’s Fond Memories (1999)

Dave — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 19:04:55 +0000

“Are you seeing a psychiatrist?” as a conversation opener would nowadays earn you a punch in the nose, but for fifty years it was a compliment. It meant, “One can plainly see you are sensitive, intense, and interesting, and therefore neurotic.” Only the dullest of clods trudged around without a neurosis.

Barbara Holland (1933–2010) American author
Wasn’t the Grass Greener?: A Curmudgeon’s Fond Memories (1999)
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