There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.

Quote by James Thurber

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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.

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...

The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless mirth, so important to the success of comedy,...

The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless mirth, so important to the success of comedy,...

The most dangerous food is wedding cake.

The most dangerous food is wedding cake.

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

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

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...

Love is what you've been through with somebody.

Love is what you've been through with somebody.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?

Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?

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.

Love is blind, but desire just doesn't give a good goddamn

Love is blind, but desire just doesn't give a good goddamn

Don't get it right, just get it written

Don't get it right, just get it written

Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our...

Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our...

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,...

No one likes change but babies in diapers.

No one likes change but babies in diapers.

I had a nightmare last night. I dreamed Dolly Parton was my mother and I...

I had a nightmare last night. I dreamed Dolly Parton was my mother and I...

It is my firm belief that I have a link with the past and a...

It is my firm belief that I have a link with the past and a...

We ought not to look back, unless it is to derive useful lessons from past...

We ought not to look back, unless it is to derive useful lessons from past...

There's no time like the present

There's no time like the present

I myself spent hours in the Columbia library as intimidated and embarrassed as a famished...

I myself spent hours in the Columbia library as intimidated and embarrassed as a famished...