Wilfrid Sheed Quote

The odds on any intelligent person having an unhappy childhood are better than fair, and the odds on a sad ending are practically off the board.


"The Wit of George S. Kaufman and Dorothy Parker" (1973) p. 159 - The Good Word & Other Words (1978)


The odds on any intelligent person having an unhappy childhood are better than fair, and the odds on a sad ending are practically off the board.

The odds on any intelligent person having an unhappy childhood are better than fair, and the odds on a sad ending are practically off the board.

The odds on any intelligent person having an unhappy childhood are better than fair, and the odds on a sad ending are practically off the board.

The odds on any intelligent person having an unhappy childhood are better than fair, and the odds on a sad ending are practically off the board.