There is something about a poet which leads us to believe that he died, in many cases, as long as 20 years before his birth.

Quote by James Thurber

Topics: Poets Quotes

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...

A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense.

A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense.

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.

We all have faults, and mine is being wicked.

We all have faults, and mine is being wicked.

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...

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

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,...

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.

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...

But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter...

But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter...

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...

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.

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 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 the strange bewilderment that overtakes one person on account of another person.

Love is the strange bewilderment that overtakes one person on account of another person.

Don't get it right, just get it written

Don't get it right, just get it written

My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I am right.

My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I am right.

Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before...

Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before...

Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than...

Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than...