The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody's guess

Quote by James Thurber

Topics: Funny Quotes, Future Quotes, Past Quotes, The Present Quotes, Time 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.

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...

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...

Let the meek inherit the earth - they have it coming to them

Let the meek inherit the earth - they have it coming to them

The most dangerous food is wedding cake.

The most dangerous food is wedding cake.

Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?

Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?

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.

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...

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

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

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....

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...

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...

I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell...

I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell...

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.

Love is a many splintered thing.

Love is a many splintered thing.

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...

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...

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 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...

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.