James Thurber Quotes

• I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.

  James Thurber

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

  James Thurber

• A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps.

  James Thurber

• Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

  James Thurber

• We all have faults, and mine is being wicked.

  James Thurber

• Love is blind, but desire just doesn’t give a good goddamn.

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• One martini is alright, two is too many, three is not enough.

  James Thurber

• 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.

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

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• It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.

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• Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.

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• Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards. There is a sense of getting somewhere fast, which satisfies a native American urge.

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• Comedy has to be done en clair. You can’t blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear.

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

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• It’s a naive domestic little Burgundy without any breeding, but I think you’ll be amused by its presumption.

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• The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of the dog, for the clearly demonstrable reason that Man is the more laughable of the two animals.

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  Tags in Dogs, Mankind

• We all know that the theater and every play that comes to Broadway have within themselves, like the human being, the seed of self-destruction and the certainty of death. The thing is to see how long the theater, the play, and the human being can last in spite of themselves.

  James Thurber

• My opposition to Interviews lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or grace of expression, and that such oral give and take helps to perpetuate the decline of the English language.

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• Boys are beyond the range of anybody’s sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months and 90 years.

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• The most dangerous food is wedding cake.

  James Thurber

  Topics in Funny

  Tags in Food, Marriage

James Thurber (141)

Birth:	8th December, 1894
Death:	2nd November, 1961
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Cartoonist, Journalist, Playwright, Writer

About

James Grover Thurber was born in Columbus, Ohio, USA. He was an American cartoonist, journalist, short story writer and playwright. He was best known for his cartoons and short stories, such as "The Catbird Seat", published mainly in The New Yorker magazine and collected in his numerous books. He served as a reporter for the New York Evening Post. He joined the staff of The New Yorker in 1927 as an editor. He wrote several short stories include: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The Unicorn in the Garden, The Moth and the Star, The Rabbits Who Caused All the Trouble, A Couple of Hamburgers, and The Princess and the Tin Box. He wrote several plays include: The Male Animal and A Thurber Carnival. He wrote several Children's books include: Many Moons, The White Deer, The 13 Clocks, and The Wonderful O. He wrote his autobiography, entitled My Life and Hard Times.

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