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

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,...

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.

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...

The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of...

The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of...

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...

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

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

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?

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...

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

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

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,...

Love is what you've been through with somebody.

Love is what you've been through with somebody.

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known...

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known...

The animals that depend on instinct have an inherent knowledge of the laws of economics...

The animals that depend on instinct have an inherent knowledge of the laws of economics...

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.

Editing should be, especially in the case of old writers, a counseling rather than a...

Editing should be, especially in the case of old writers, a counseling rather than a...

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...

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...

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....

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

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

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,...