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

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

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

Last night I dreamed of a small consolation enjoyed only by the blind: Nobody knows...

Last night I dreamed of a small consolation enjoyed only by the blind: Nobody knows...

Women deserve to have more than twelve years between the ages of twenty-eight and forty

Women deserve to have more than twelve years between the ages of twenty-eight and forty

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.

Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards....

Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards....

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...

Sophistication might be described as the ability to cope gracefully with a situation involving the...

Sophistication might be described as the ability to cope gracefully with a situation involving the...

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...

Discussion in America means dissent.

Discussion in America means dissent.

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

Love is a many splintered thing.

Love is a many splintered thing.

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,...

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

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

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...

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

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

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

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?

Laughter need not be cut out of anything, since it improves everything.

Laughter need not be cut out of anything, since it improves everything.

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

One horse-laugh is worth ten thousand syllogisms. It is not only more effective; it is...

One horse-laugh is worth ten thousand syllogisms. It is not only more effective; it is...