The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth.

Quote by James Thurber

Topics: Humor Quotes

The most dangerous food is wedding cake

The most dangerous food is wedding cake

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...

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,...

Don't get it right, just get it written

Don't get it right, just get it written

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

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

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

All men kill the thing they hate, too, unless, of course, it kills them first

All men kill the thing they hate, too, unless, of course, it kills them first

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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...

Discussion in America means dissent.

Discussion in America means dissent.

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....

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.

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.

Political campaigns are designedly made into emotional orgies which endeavor to distract attention from the...

Political campaigns are designedly made into emotional orgies which endeavor to distract attention from the...

I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are...

I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are...

If you seek Hamilton's monument, look around. You are living in it. We honor Jefferson,...

If you seek Hamilton's monument, look around. You are living in it. We honor Jefferson,...