He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

Quote by James Thurber

Topics: James Thurber Quotes

One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.

One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.

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....

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...

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

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...

The most dangerous food is wedding cake

The most dangerous food is wedding cake

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...

We all have faults, and mine is being wicked.

We all have faults, and mine is being wicked.

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...

My opposition to Interviews lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or...

My opposition to Interviews lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or...

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...

Don't get it right, just get it written

Don't get it right, just get it written

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

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

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...

Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch...

Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch...

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,...

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,...

Age appears to be best in four things, - old wood best to burn, old...

Age appears to be best in four things, - old wood best to burn, old...

I have something here for you. Your father wanted you to have this when you...

I have something here for you. Your father wanted you to have this when you...

Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth

Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth

The old days were the old days. And they were great days. But now is...

The old days were the old days. And they were great days. But now is...

When I was young I was sure of everything; in a few years, having been...

When I was young I was sure of everything; in a few years, having been...

Time makes more converts than reason.

Time makes more converts than reason.