Things have dropped from me. I have outlived certain desires; I have lost friends, some by death... others through sheer inability to cross the street.

Quote by James Thurber

Topics: Death 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...

One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.

One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.

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,...

You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.

You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.

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...

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known...

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known...

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

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...

Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch...

Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch...

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...

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

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

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

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

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 something about a poet which leads us to believe that he died, in...

There is something about a poet which leads us to believe that he died, in...

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....

Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.

Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.

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,...

I'm 65 and I guess that puts me in with the geriatrics. But if there...

I'm 65 and I guess that puts me in with the geriatrics. But if there...

Men become much more attractive when they start looking older. But it doesn't do much...

Men become much more attractive when they start looking older. But it doesn't do much...

One of the most difficult things in the world is to convince a woman that...

One of the most difficult things in the world is to convince a woman that...