He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

Quote by James Thurber

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Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

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.

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.

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...

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

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...

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...

All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and...

All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Love is the strange bewilderment that overtakes one person on account of another person.

Love is the strange bewilderment that overtakes one person on account of another person.

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...

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 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,...

All men kill the thing they hate, too, unless, of course, it kills them first

All men kill the thing they hate, too, unless, of course, it kills them first

Laughter need not be cut out of anything, since it improves everything.

Laughter need not be cut out of anything, since it improves everything.

We look before and after, And pine for what is not; Our sincerest laughter With...

We look before and after, And pine for what is not; Our sincerest laughter With...

Laughter on American television has taken the place of the chorus in Greek tragedy. In...

Laughter on American television has taken the place of the chorus in Greek tragedy. In...