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

Topics: James Thurber Quotes

Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or...

Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or...

With sixty staring me in the face, I have developed inflammation of the sentence structure...

With sixty staring me in the face, I have developed inflammation of the sentence structure...

Discussion in America means dissent.

Discussion in America means dissent.

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,...

Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our...

Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our...

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...

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.

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.

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

I'm 65 and I guess that puts me in with the geriatrics. But if there...

I'm 65 and I guess that puts me in with the geriatrics. But if there...

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...

Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.

Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.

Editing should be, especially in the case of old writers, a counseling rather than a...

Editing should be, especially in the case of old writers, a counseling rather than a...

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.

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...

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...

It's a naive domestic Burgundy without any breeding, but I think you'll be amused by...

It's a naive domestic Burgundy without any breeding, but I think you'll be amused by...

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 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,...

Sophistication might be described as the ability to cope gracefully with a situation involving the...

Sophistication might be described as the ability to cope gracefully with a situation involving the...