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

Quote by James Thurber

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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...

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...

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...

There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that...

There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that...

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

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

I used to wake up at 4 A.M. and start sneezing, sometimes for five hours....

I used to wake up at 4 A.M. and start sneezing, sometimes for five hours....

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...

Let the meek inherit the earth - they have it coming to them

Let the meek inherit the earth - they have it coming to them

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

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,...

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...

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Love is composed of so many sensations, that something new of it can always be...

Love is composed of so many sensations, that something new of it can always be...

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...

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...

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 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...

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

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...

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.