He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

Quote by James Thurber

Topics: James Thurber Quotes

I used to wake up at 4 A.M. and start sneezing, sometimes for five hours....

I used to wake up at 4 A.M. and start sneezing, sometimes for five hours....

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 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...

The most dangerous food is wedding cake

The most dangerous food is wedding cake

Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?

Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?

We all have faults, and mine is being wicked.

We all have faults, and mine is being wicked.

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

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

Love is like the wind. You cannot see it... But you can feel it.

Love is like the wind. You cannot see it... But you can feel it.

Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more

Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more

Let the meek inherit the earth - they have it coming to them

Let the meek inherit the earth - they have it coming to them

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

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...

Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.

Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.

Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.

Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.

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.

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 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,...

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...

Men are all alike...except the one you've met who's different.

Men are all alike...except the one you've met who's different.

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.