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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The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms hollow,...

The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms hollow,...

There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that...

There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that...

The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather...

The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather...

Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.

Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.

The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of...

The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of...

I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell...

I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell...

The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those...

The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those...

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

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

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.

The most dangerous food is wedding cake.

The most dangerous food is wedding cake.

Love is a many splintered thing.

Love is a many splintered thing.

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity,...

The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity,...

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...

Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between...

Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between...

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.

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...

Early to rise and early to bed makes a man healthy, wealthy, and dead.

Early to rise and early to bed makes a man healthy, wealthy, and dead.

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.

I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.

I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.