The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of the dog, for the clearly demonstrable reason that Man is the more laughable of the two animals

Quote by James Thurber

Topics: Dogs Quotes, Mankind Quotes

Women deserve to have more than twelve years between the ages of twenty-eight and forty

Women deserve to have more than twelve years between the ages of twenty-eight and forty

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,...

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...

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,...

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...

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.

A drawing is always dragged down to the level of its caption.

A drawing is always dragged down to the level of its caption.

Love is a many splintered thing.

Love is a many splintered thing.

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...

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,...

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 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,...

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

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

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....

There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.

There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.

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...

M F K Fisher is the dowager queen of writers on browsing and slicing.

M F K Fisher is the dowager queen of writers on browsing and slicing.

Originality is nothing by judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.

Originality is nothing by judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.

Actors yearn for the perfect director, athletes for the perfect coach, priests for the perfect...

Actors yearn for the perfect director, athletes for the perfect coach, priests for the perfect...