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 THURBERThe 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 THURBERBut what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep?
JAMES THURBERThe most dangerous food is wedding cake.
JAMES THURBERWell, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
JAMES THURBERThere is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.
JAMES THURBERI think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.
JAMES THURBERMutual suspicions of mental inadequacy are common during the first year of any marriage.
JAMES THURBERIf you wonder which is the stronger sex, watch which one twists the other around her little finger.
JAMES THURBERThe laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms -hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal.
JAMES THURBERDiscussion in America means dissent.
JAMES THURBERDon’t count your boobies until they are hatched.
JAMES THURBERHumor and pathos, tears and laughter are, in the highest expression of human character and achievement, inseparable.
JAMES THURBERThe trouble with the lost generation is that it didn’t get lost enough.
JAMES THURBERA false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.
JAMES THURBERWriters of comedy have outlook, whereas writers of tragedy have, according to them, insight.
JAMES THURBERLet the meek inherit the earth — they have it coming to them.
JAMES THURBER