The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless mirth, so important to the success of comedy, cannot be understood unless one sits among the audience and feels the warmth created by the quality of laughter that the audience takes home with…

Quote by James Thurber

Topics: Success Quotes

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

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...

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.

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

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

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.

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...

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 like the wind. You cannot see it... But you can feel it.

Love is like the wind. You cannot see it... But you can feel it.

Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch...

Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch...

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...

Don't get it right, just get it written.

Don't get it right, just get it written.

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...

Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards....

Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards....

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

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

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

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

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...

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,...

On the 12th day of Christmas, my Facebook gave too me, 12 stupid bitches, 11...

On the 12th day of Christmas, my Facebook gave too me, 12 stupid bitches, 11...

Colleges are like old-age homes, except for the fact that more people die in colleges.

Colleges are like old-age homes, except for the fact that more people die in colleges.

A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is a...

A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is a...

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

In this bright future you can't forget your past.

In this bright future you can't forget your past.

In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and...

In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and...

Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in...

Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in...