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

Quote by James Thurber

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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.

Things have dropped from me. I have outlived certain desires; I have lost friends, some...

Things have dropped from me. I have outlived certain desires; I have lost friends, some...

Love is blind, but desire just doesn't give a good goddamn

Love is blind, but desire just doesn't give a good goddamn

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 dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity,...

The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity,...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

The most dangerous food is wedding cake

The most dangerous food is wedding cake

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.

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

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...

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...

With sixty staring me in the face, I have developed inflammation of the sentence structure...

With sixty staring me in the face, I have developed inflammation of the sentence structure...

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...

Discussion in America means dissent.

Discussion in America means dissent.

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted...

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted...

Think of what would happen to us in America if there were no humorists; life...

Think of what would happen to us in America if there were no humorists; life...