The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal.

Quote by James Thurber

Topics: James Thurber Quotes

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.

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...

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.

Laughter need not be cut out of anything, since it improves everything.

Laughter need not be cut out of anything, since it improves everything.

Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face...

Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face...

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...

Love is the strange bewilderment that overtakes one person on account of another person.

Love is the strange bewilderment that overtakes one person on account of another person.

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

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...

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

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.

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...

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

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...

Love is what you've been through with somebody.

Love is what you've been through with somebody.

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...

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

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

The most dangerous food is wedding cake.

The most dangerous food is wedding cake.

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

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

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

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