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 most dangerous food is wedding cake.

The most dangerous food is wedding cake.

Ours is a precarious language, as every writer knows, in which the merest shadow line...

Ours is a precarious language, as every writer knows, in which the merest shadow line...

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

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

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

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...

Love is like the wind. You cannot see it... But you can feel it.

Love is like the wind. You cannot see it... But you can feel it.

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...

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...

Things have dropped from me. I have outlived certain desires; I have lost friends, some...

Things have dropped from me. I have outlived certain desires; I have lost friends, some...

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...

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?

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...

Love is what you've been through with somebody.

Love is what you've been through with somebody.

Be still, sad heart! And cease repining; behind the clouds is the sun still shining;...

Be still, sad heart! And cease repining; behind the clouds is the sun still shining;...

I believe that my life's gonna see the love I give returned to me.

I believe that my life's gonna see the love I give returned to me.