Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?

Quote by James Thurber

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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...

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.

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....

The most dangerous food is wedding cake.

The most dangerous food is wedding cake.

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...

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...

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

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

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

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...

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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,...

Unless artists can remember what it was to be a little boy, they are only...

Unless artists can remember what it was to be a little boy, they are only...

My opposition to Interviews lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or...

My opposition to Interviews lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or...

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

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...

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.