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

Some American writers who have known each other for years have never met in the...

Some American writers who have known each other for years have never met in the...

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,...

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.

The most dangerous food is wedding cake.

The most dangerous food is wedding cake.

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.

A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense.

A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense.

With sixty staring me in the face, I have developed inflammation of the sentence structure...

With sixty staring me in the face, I have developed inflammation of the sentence structure...

The difference between our decadence and the Russians' is that while theirs is brutal, ours...

The difference between our decadence and the Russians' is that while theirs is brutal, ours...

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...

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.

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.

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...

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

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?

It is better to have loafed and lost, than never to have loafed at all.

It is better to have loafed and lost, than never to have loafed at all.

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

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

The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the...

The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the...

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.

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...