S. J. Perelman

Person · Open Library

Born

1 February 1904

Died

17 October 1979

Works

45

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Single Molecule Detection Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS)

   · 1997 · cited 6,229x

2. A finite‐volume, incompressible Navier Stokes model for studies of the ocean on parallel computers

   · 1997 · cited 2,131x

3. More than 50 long-term effects of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

   · 2021 · cited 1,847x

4. Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds

   · 2014 · cited 1,752x

5. Cancer Exosomes Perform Cell-Independent MicroRNA Biogenesis and Promote Tumorigenesis

   · 2014 · cited 1,331x

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Quotes

• “I have Bright's disease and he has mine.”
• “"Great-grandfather died under strange circumstances. He opened a vein in his bath.""I never knew baths had veins," protested Gabrilowitsch.""I never knew his great-grandfather had a ba—" began Falcovsky derisively.”
• “"Oh, son, I wish you hadn’t become a scenario writer!" she sniffled."Aw, now, Moms," I comforted her, "it’s no worse than playing the piano in a call house."”
• “The worst disgrace that can befall a producer is an unkind notice from a New York reviewer. When this happens, the producer becomes a pariah in Hollywood. He is shunned by his friends, thrown into bankruptcy, and like a Japanese electing hara-kiri, he commits suttee.”
• “Only the scenario writers are exempt. These are tied between the tails of two spirited Caucasian ponies, which are then driven off in opposite directions. This custom is called "a conference".”
• “I guess I’m just an old mad scientist at bottom. Give me an underground laboratory, half a dozen atom-smashers, and a beautiful girl in a diaphanous veil waiting to be turned into a chimpanzee, and I care not who writes the nation’s laws.”

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