Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.

Quote by James Thurber

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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...

The animals that depend on instinct have an inherent knowledge of the laws of economics...

The animals that depend on instinct have an inherent knowledge of the laws of economics...

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.

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,...

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...

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,...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

Ours is a precarious language, as every writer knows, in which the merest shadow line...

Ours is a precarious language, as every writer knows, in which the merest shadow line...

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...

Don't get it right, just get it written

Don't get it right, just get it written

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

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

It's a naive domestic Burgundy without any breeding, but I think you'll be amused by...

It's a naive domestic Burgundy without any breeding, but I think you'll be amused by...

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 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.

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...