If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.

Quote by James Thurber

Topics: Animals Quotes, Belief Quotes

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

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,...

Last night I dreamed of a small consolation enjoyed only by the blind: Nobody knows...

Last night I dreamed of a small consolation enjoyed only by the blind: Nobody knows...

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

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...

Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face...

Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face...

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...

But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter...

But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter...

The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of...

The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of...

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.

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...

Discussion in America means dissent.

Discussion in America means dissent.

We all have faults, and mine is being wicked.

We all have faults, and mine is being wicked.

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...

My opposition to Interviews lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or...

My opposition to Interviews lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or...

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 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.

One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.

One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.

Sophistication might be described as the ability to cope gracefully with a situation involving the...

Sophistication might be described as the ability to cope gracefully with a situation involving the...