It is better to have loafed and lost, than never to have loafed at all.

Quote by James Thurber

Topics: James Thurber Quotes

The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those...

The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those...

The most dangerous food is wedding cake

The most dangerous food is wedding cake

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

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

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.

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

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

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

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 most dangerous food is wedding cake.

The most dangerous food is wedding cake.

You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.

You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.

Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.

Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.

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...

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

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

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

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

I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell...

I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell...