Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months and 90 years.

Quote by James Thurber

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A drawing is always dragged down to the level of its caption.

A drawing is always dragged down to the level of its caption.

The most dangerous food is wedding cake.

The most dangerous food is wedding cake.

Don't get it right, just get it written.

Don't get it right, just get it written.

The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless mirth, so important to the success of comedy,...

The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless mirth, so important to the success of comedy,...

Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face...

Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face...

There is something about a poet which leads us to believe that he died, in...

There is something about a poet which leads us to believe that he died, in...

Love is composed of so many sensations, that something new of it can always be...

Love is composed of so many sensations, that something new of it can always be...

There is something about a poet which leads us to believe that he died, in...

There is something about a poet which leads us to believe that he died, in...

You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.

You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.

A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense.

A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense.

There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.

There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.

Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards....

Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards....

The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound,...

The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound,...

It is better to have loafed and lost, than never to have loafed at all.

It is better to have loafed and lost, than never to have loafed at all.

Things have dropped from me. I have outlived certain desires; I have lost friends, some...

Things have dropped from me. I have outlived certain desires; I have lost friends, some...

The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the...

The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the...

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known...

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known...

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.

There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.

Unless artists can remember what it was to be a little boy, they are only...

Unless artists can remember what it was to be a little boy, they are only...