The sanity of the average banquet speaker lasts about two and a half months; at the end of that time he begins to mutter to himself, and calls out in his sleep.

Quote by James Thurber

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Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.

Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.

The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity,...

The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity,...

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...

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

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

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.

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather...

The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather...

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...

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

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

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 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,...

Discussion in America means dissent.

Discussion in America means dissent.

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.

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...

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

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

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...