Kate O'Brien Quotes

• Everywhere I go I’m asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don’t stifle enough of them.

  Kate O'Brien

  Topics in Humor

• My mom always said that if the Protestants catch a Catholic in their church, they feed them to the Jews.

  Kate O'Brien

• It’s filled with… baking soda. Because it really smells.

  Kate O'Brien

• If somebody on this team actually gets to first base, I’ll stand there naked.

  Kate O'Brien

• A laugh is a terrible weapon.

  Kate O'Brien

• If it bends, it’s funny; if it breaks, it’s not funny.

  Kate O'Brien

• I only use my sick days for hang-overs and soap opera weddings.

  Kate O'Brien

• Hmmm… I never get the answer I think I’m going to get.

  Kate O'Brien

• A laugh is a terrible weapon.

  Kate O'Brien

Kate O'Brien (9)

Birth:	3rd December, 1897
Death:	13th August, 1974
Nationality:	Irish
Profession:	Novelist, Playwriter

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