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

Quote by James Thurber

Topics: James Thurber Quotes

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

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

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...

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

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.

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

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

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....

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 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...

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...

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...

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.

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

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...

Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or...

Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or...

Discussion in America means dissent.

Discussion in America means dissent.

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...

Humor expands our limited picture frame and gets us to see more than just our...

Humor expands our limited picture frame and gets us to see more than just our...

Better have an old man to humor than a young rake to break your heart.

Better have an old man to humor than a young rake to break your heart.