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.
JAMES THURBERI 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.
More James Thurber Quotes
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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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Discussion in America means dissent.
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The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man has frequently dragged the dog down to his.
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I can feel a thing I cannot touch and touch a thing I cannot feel. The first is sad and sorry, the second is your heart.
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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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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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Love is what you’ve been through with somebody.
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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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Humor and pathos, tears and laughter are, in the highest expression of human character and achievement, inseparable.
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A false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.
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Writers of comedy have outlook, whereas writers of tragedy have, according to them, insight.
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There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.
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Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.
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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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Comedy has to be done en clair. You can’t blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear.
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