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

Quote by James Thurber

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

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

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

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

Early to rise and early to bed makes a man healthy, wealthy, and dead.

Early to rise and early to bed makes a man healthy, wealthy, and dead.

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

I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell...

I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell...

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.

Let the meek inherit the earth - they have it coming to them

Let the meek inherit the earth - they have it coming to them

I used to wake up at 4 A.M. and start sneezing, sometimes for five hours....

I used to wake up at 4 A.M. and start sneezing, sometimes for five hours....

The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those...

The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those...

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...

Don't get it right, just get it written.

Don't get it right, just get it written.

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,...

The most dangerous food is wedding cake.

The most dangerous food is wedding cake.

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...

Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face...

Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face...

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

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

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