I used to wake up at 4 A.M. and start sneezing, sometimes for five hours. I tried to find out what sort of allergy I had but finally came to the conclusion that it must be an allergy to consciousness.

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.

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...

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...

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...

Don't get it right, just get it written.

Don't get it right, just get it written.

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

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.

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

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

The sanity of the average banquet speaker lasts about two and a half months; at...

The sanity of the average banquet speaker lasts about two and a half months; at...

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

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

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

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

Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch...

Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch...

Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?

Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

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...

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...

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...

Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between...

Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between...

Boys who say 'I hate Justin Bieber' are those ones who can't master his hair...

Boys who say 'I hate Justin Bieber' are those ones who can't master his hair...

Touch her heart....not her body. Steal her attention...not her virginity. Make her smile....don't waste her...

Touch her heart....not her body. Steal her attention...not her virginity. Make her smile....don't waste her...