The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel.

Quote by James Thurber

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The most dangerous food is wedding cake

The most dangerous food is wedding cake

Don't get it right, just get it written

Don't get it right, just get it written

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.

Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?

Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?

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

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

Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between...

Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between...

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 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....

Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between...

Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between...

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...

Discussion in America means dissent.

Discussion in America means dissent.

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.

Early to rise and early to bed makes a man healthy, wealthy, and dead.

Early to rise and early to bed makes a man healthy, wealthy, and dead.

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,...

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...

My opposition to Interviews lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or...

My opposition to Interviews lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or...

Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or...

Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or...

That game was so famous they never used me.

That game was so famous they never used me.

Music is a friend of labor for it lightens the task by refreshing the nerves...

Music is a friend of labor for it lightens the task by refreshing the nerves...