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

Quote by James Thurber

Topics: James Thurber Quotes

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known...

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known...

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,...

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...

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 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

Love is blind, but desire just doesn't give a good goddamn

Love is blind, but desire just doesn't give a good goddamn

Last night I dreamed of a small consolation enjoyed only by the blind: Nobody knows...

Last night I dreamed of a small consolation enjoyed only by the blind: Nobody knows...

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.

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...

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...

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...

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known...

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known...

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,...

I recently read that love is entirely a matter of chemistry. That must be why...

I recently read that love is entirely a matter of chemistry. That must be why...

I spent a year in that town, one Sunday.

I spent a year in that town, one Sunday.

Raising kids is part joy and part guerilla warfare.

Raising kids is part joy and part guerilla warfare.

The vast possibilities of our great future will become realities only if we make ourselves...

The vast possibilities of our great future will become realities only if we make ourselves...

If there is no God, who pops up the next Kleenex?

If there is no God, who pops up the next Kleenex?

To get up each morning with the resolve to be happy... is to set our...

To get up each morning with the resolve to be happy... is to set our...

We can comprehend every single life phenomenon, as if the past, the present, and the...

We can comprehend every single life phenomenon, as if the past, the present, and the...