Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards. There is a sense of getting somewhere fast, which satisfies a native American urge.

Quote by James Thurber

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The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the...

The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

Love is what you've been through with somebody.

Love is what you've been through with somebody.

Editing should be, especially in the case of old writers, a counseling rather than a...

Editing should be, especially in the case of old writers, a counseling rather than a...

The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity,...

The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity,...

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...

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

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

Love is composed of so many sensations, that something new of it can always be...

Love is composed of so many sensations, that something new of it can always be...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Things have dropped from me. I have outlived certain desires; I have lost friends, some...

Things have dropped from me. I have outlived certain desires; I have lost friends, some...

Clay. It's rain, dead leaves, dust, all my dead ancestors. Stones that have been ground...

Clay. It's rain, dead leaves, dust, all my dead ancestors. Stones that have been ground...

Dying is easy, it's living that scares me to death.

Dying is easy, it's living that scares me to death.

Receive every day as a resurrection from death, as a new enjoyment of life; meet...

Receive every day as a resurrection from death, as a new enjoyment of life; meet...