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

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.

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...

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...

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.

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 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,...

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....

But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter...

But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter...

Love is a many splintered thing.

Love is a many splintered thing.

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...

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

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

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.

We all have faults, and mine is being wicked.

We all have faults, and mine is being wicked.

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

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,...

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...

Sophistication might be described as the ability to cope gracefully with a situation involving the...

Sophistication might be described as the ability to cope gracefully with a situation involving the...

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that...

There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that...

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...