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.
JAMES THURBERThere is something about a poet which leads us to believe that he died, in many cases, as long as 20 years before his birth.
More James Thurber Quotes
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One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
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I was seized by the stern hand of Compulsion, that dark, unreasonable Urge that impels women to clean house in the middle of the night.
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Humor and pathos, tears and laughter are, in the highest expression of human character and achievement, inseparable.
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Somebody has said that woman’s place is in the wrong. That’s fine. What the wrong needs is a woman’s presence and a woman’s touch. She is far better equipped than men to set it right.
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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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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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Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long.
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Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
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The unicorn is a mythical beast.
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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.
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For one thing, she pronounced flowers ‘flars’ and I couldn’t let it slide.
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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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Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.
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There are two kinds of light – the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
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She wasn’t much to look at but she was something to think about.
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