Humor is, I think, the subtlest and chanciest of literary forms. It is surely not accidental that there are a thousand novelists, essayists, poets or journalists for each humorist. It is a long, long time between James Thurbers.

Quote by Leo Rosten

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Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined.

Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined.

An angel is a spiritual creature created by God without a body for the service...

An angel is a spiritual creature created by God without a body for the service...

Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of...

Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of...

First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people.

First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people.

Truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense.

Truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense.

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

If you are going to do something wrong at least enjoy it.

If you are going to do something wrong at least enjoy it.

I will never give in to old age until I become old. And I'm not...

I will never give in to old age until I become old. And I'm not...

Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us...

Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us...

A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the...

A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the...

Satire is focused bitterness.

Satire is focused bitterness.

A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead.

A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead.

Dogs are getting bigger, according to a leading dog manufacturer

Dogs are getting bigger, according to a leading dog manufacturer

I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe.

I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe.

Extremists think communication means agreeing with them.

Extremists think communication means agreeing with them.

Humor is, I think, the subtlest and chanciest of literary forms. It is surely not...

Humor is, I think, the subtlest and chanciest of literary forms. It is surely not...

In the dark colony of night, when I consider man's magnificent capacity for malice, madness,...

In the dark colony of night, when I consider man's magnificent capacity for malice, madness,...

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and...

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and...

This book is an agglomeration of lean-tos and annexes and there is no knowing how...

This book is an agglomeration of lean-tos and annexes and there is no knowing how...

Pollio, who values nothing that's within, Buys books as men hunt Beavers, -- for their...

Pollio, who values nothing that's within, Buys books as men hunt Beavers, -- for their...