The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself.
JAMES THURBERReason is 6/7 of treason.
More James Thurber Quotes
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All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.
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I have lived in the East for nearly thirty years now, but many of my books prove that I am never very far away from Ohio in my thoughts, and that the clocks that strike in my dreams are often the clocks of Columbus.
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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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I never quite know when I’m not writing. Sometimes my wife comes up to me at a party and says, “Dammit, Thurber, stop writing.” She usually catches me in the middle of a paragraph.
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For one thing, she pronounced flowers ‘flars’ and I couldn’t let it slide.
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Unless artists can remember what it was to be a little boy, they are only half complete as artist and as man.
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When all things are equal, translucence in writing is more effective than transparency, just as glow is more revealing than glare.
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I myself have known some profoundly thoughtful dogs.
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Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
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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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Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.
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Americans want to go to heaven without dying.
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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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Man is troubled by what might be called the Dog Wish, a strange and involved compulsion to be as happy and carefree as a dog.
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