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

Quote by James Thurber

Topics: James Thurber Quotes

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

Love is a many splintered thing.

Love is a many splintered thing.

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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.

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...

We all have faults, and mine is being wicked.

We all have faults, and mine is being wicked.

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....

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...