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

Quote by James Thurber

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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 difference between our decadence and the Russians' is that while theirs is brutal, ours...

The difference between our decadence and the Russians' is that while theirs is brutal, ours...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

It's a naive domestic Burgundy without any breeding, but I think you'll be amused by...

It's a naive domestic Burgundy without any breeding, but I think you'll be amused by...

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...

Love is what you've been through with somebody.

Love is what you've been through with somebody.

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,...

Love is a many splintered thing.

Love is a many splintered thing.

Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards....

Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards....

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

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

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

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 wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the...

The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the...

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

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

The most dangerous food is wedding cake

The most dangerous food is wedding cake

Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian; wine and tarragon make it French. Sour cream makes...

Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian; wine and tarragon make it French. Sour cream makes...

So few people eat okra (more radishes are grown in this country) that it never...

So few people eat okra (more radishes are grown in this country) that it never...

They who marry for wealth sell their own liberty

They who marry for wealth sell their own liberty