James Thurber on chaos
James Thurber79 quotes“Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.”
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James ThurberJames Thurber Writers of comedy have outlook, whereas writers of tragedy have, according to them, insight.
James ThurberJames Thurber Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.
James ThurberJames Thurber Don’t get it right, just get it written.
James ThurberJames Thurber The things we laugh at are awful while they are going on, but get funny when we look back. And other people laugh because they’ve been through it too. The closest thing to humor is tragedy.
James ThurberJames Thurber Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.
James ThurberJames Thurber The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself.
James ThurberJames Thurber Humor and pathos, tears and laughter are, in the highest expression of human character and achievement, inseparable.
James ThurberJames Thurber I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed.
James ThurberJames Thurber There are two kinds of light – the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
James ThurberJames Thurber Reason is 6/7 of treason.
James ThurberJames Thurber There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.
James ThurberJames Thurber The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth.
James ThurberJames Thurber History is replete with proofs, from Cato the Elder to Kennedy the Younger, that if you scratch a statesman you find an actor, but it is becoming harder and harder, in our time, to tell government from show business.
James ThurberJames Thurber There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.
James ThurberJames Thurber Humourists lead… an existence of jumpiness and apprehension. They sit on the edge of the chair of Literature. In the house of Life they have the feeling that they have never taken off their overcoats.
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