Jules Fieffer Quotes

Artists can color the sky red, because they know that it is blue.

Christ died for our sins. Dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them?

religion

It is not size or age or childishness that separates children from adults.  It is "responsibility."

responsibility

As a matter of racial pride we want to be called "blacks."  Which has replaced the term "Afro-Americans."  Which replaced "Negroes."  Which replaced "colored people."  Which replaced "darkies."  Which replaced "blacks."

African-Americans

At sixteen I was stupid, confused and indecisive.  At twenty-five I was wise, self-confident, prepossessing, and assertive.  At forty-five I am stupid, confused, insecure, and indecisive. Who would have supposed that maturity is only a short break in adolescence?

maturity adolescence

I used to think I was poor. Then they told me I wasn't poor, I was needy. Then they told me it was self-defeating to think of myself as needy. I was deprived. (Oh not deprived but rather underprivileged) Then they told me that underprivileged was overused. I was disadvantaged. I still don't have a dime. But I have a great vocabulary.

poverty