I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.

Quote by James Thurber

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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,...

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,...

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.

There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.

Ours is a precarious language, as every writer knows, in which the merest shadow line...

Ours is a precarious language, as every writer knows, in which the merest shadow line...

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 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...

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

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

Women deserve to have more than twelve years between the ages of twenty-eight and forty

Women deserve to have more than twelve years between the ages of twenty-eight and forty

We all have faults, and mine is being wicked.

We all have faults, and mine is being wicked.

Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?

Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?

The animals that depend on instinct have an inherent knowledge of the laws of economics...

The animals that depend on instinct have an inherent knowledge of the laws of economics...

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.

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

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

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.

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...

A man can have sex with animals such as sheeps, cows, camels and so on....

A man can have sex with animals such as sheeps, cows, camels and so on....

The best thing about animals is that they don't talk much.

The best thing about animals is that they don't talk much.

A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves...

A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves...

You're not free until you've been made captive by supreme belief

You're not free until you've been made captive by supreme belief