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

Quote by James Thurber

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

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

The sanity of the average banquet speaker lasts about two and a half months; at...

The sanity of the average banquet speaker lasts about two and a half months; at...

The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless mirth, so important to the success of comedy,...

The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless mirth, so important to the success of comedy,...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

Don't get it right, just get it written

Don't get it right, just get it written

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...

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.

The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather...

The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather...

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

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

The most dangerous food is wedding cake.

The most dangerous food is wedding cake.

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Man is born to eat

Man is born to eat

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we...

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we...

If it doesn't work out there will never be any doubt that the pleasure was...

If it doesn't work out there will never be any doubt that the pleasure was...

Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.

Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.