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

Quote by James Thurber

Topics: James Thurber Quotes

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

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

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...

The most dangerous food is wedding cake.

The most dangerous food is wedding cake.

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

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

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...

Love is what you've been through with somebody.

Love is what you've been through with somebody.

Discussion in America means dissent.

Discussion in America means dissent.

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...

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

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

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...

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.

Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.

Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.

Don't get it right, just get it written.

Don't get it right, just get it written.

The sanity of the average banquet speaker lasts about two and a half months; at...

The sanity of the average banquet speaker lasts about two and a half months; at...

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...

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,...

Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.

Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.

What I fear and desire most in this world is passion. I fear it because...

What I fear and desire most in this world is passion. I fear it because...

Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves - regret for the past and fear...

Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves - regret for the past and fear...

The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping the old ones, which...

The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping the old ones, which...

Oh, thou art fairer than the evening air Clad in the beauty of a thousand...

Oh, thou art fairer than the evening air Clad in the beauty of a thousand...