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

Quote by James Thurber

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Don't get it right, just get it written

Don't get it right, just get it written

There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.

There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.

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...

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

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

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.

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...

Love is the strange bewilderment that overtakes one person on account of another person.

Love is the strange bewilderment that overtakes one person on account of another person.

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,...

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...

Women deserve to have more than twelve years between the ages of twenty-eight and forty

Women deserve to have more than twelve years between the ages of twenty-eight and forty

The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of...

The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of...

Discussion in America means dissent.

Discussion in America means dissent.

Early to rise and early to bed makes a man healthy, wealthy, and dead.

Early to rise and early to bed makes a man healthy, wealthy, and dead.

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.

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.

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 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,...

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

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...