Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man

Quote by James Thurber

Topics: Men Quotes, Trouble Quotes, Truth Quotes

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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

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...

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 most dangerous food is wedding cake.

The most dangerous food is wedding cake.

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

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

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...

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?

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...

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,...

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

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

I'm 65 and I guess that puts me in with the geriatrics. But if there...

I'm 65 and I guess that puts me in with the geriatrics. But if there...

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...

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.

A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense.

A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense.