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

Quote by James Thurber

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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,...

Discussion in America means dissent.

Discussion in America means dissent.

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.

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...

A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense.

A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense.

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....

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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.

Some American writers who have known each other for years have never met in the...

Some American writers who have known each other for years have never met in the...

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...

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

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

I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.

I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.

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,...

No sadder sound salutes you than the clear, wild laughter of the loon.

No sadder sound salutes you than the clear, wild laughter of the loon.

Really, sex and laughter do go very well together, and I wondered - and I...

Really, sex and laughter do go very well together, and I wondered - and I...

The average person laughs 13 times a day.

The average person laughs 13 times a day.