The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself.
JAMES THURBERThings have dropped from me. I have outlived certain desires; I have lost friends, some by death… others through sheer inability to cross the street.
More James Thurber Quotes
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Don’t get it right, just get it written.
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If you wonder which is the stronger sex, watch which one twists the other around her little finger.
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake.
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Love is what you’ve been through with somebody.
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I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell this at a glance – a sharp, vindictive glance.
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Reason is 6/7 of treason.
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One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
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Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources, which must be preserved at all cost.
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The trouble with the lost generation is that it didn’t get lost enough.
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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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The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody’s guess.
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You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.
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Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
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Mutual suspicions of mental inadequacy are common during the first year of any marriage.
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The unicorn is a mythical beast.
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