Dave Barry

Dave Barry (1947-) is an American writer, columnist, and humorist. He is most well known for his weekly humor column that appeared in the Miami Herald from 1983 to 2005.


A sense of humor is a measurement of the extent to which we realize that we are trapped in a world almost totally devoid of reason.

But eventually I came to accept the truth: I am overweight. This is not my fault. My body, without consulting me, has been converting the food I eat into fat, as opposed to something I can actually use, such as toothpaste.

Buying the right computer and getting it to work properly is no more complicated than building a nuclear reactor from wristwatch parts in a darkened room using only your teeth.

Despite the gulf...between the United States and Japan, both societies are, in the end, made up of people, and people everywhere...are crazy.

If someone is nice to you but rude to the waiter, they are not a nice person.

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.’

The Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, but they have demonstrated time and time again that they have the management skills of celery.

The method [of learning Japanese] recommended by experts is to be born as a Japanese baby and raised by a Japanese family, in Japan.

Scott Bradford is a writer and technologist who has been putting his opinions online since 1995. He believes in three inviolable human rights: life, liberty, and property. He is a Catholic Christian who worships the trinitarian God described in the Nicene Creed. Scott is a husband, nerd, pet lover, and AMC/Jeep enthusiast with a B.S. degree in public administration from George Mason University.