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James Thurber
Age: 66 †
Born: 1894
Born: December 18
Died: 1961
Died: November 2
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James Grover Thurber
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More quotes by James Thurber
The paths of glory at least lead to the Grave, but the paths of duty may not get you Anywhere.
James Thurber
We all know that the theater and every play that comes to Broadway have within themselves, like the human being, the seed of self-destruction and the certainty of death. The thing is to see how long the theater, the play, and the human being can last in spite of themselves.
James Thurber
No male can beat a female in the long run because they have it over us in sheer, damn longevity.
James Thurber
She wasn't much to look at but she was something to think about.
James Thurber
The wit makes fun of other persons the satirist makes fun of the world the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people - that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature.
James Thurber
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
James Thurber
Muggs was always sorry, Mother said, when he bit someone, but we could never understand how she figured this out. He didn't act sorry.
James Thurber
I drew pictures rapidly and with few lines, because I had to write most of the pieces, too, and couldn't monkey long with the drawings. The divine urge was no higher than that.
James Thurber
Reason is 6/7 of treason.
James Thurber
Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
James Thurber
Laughter need not be cut out of anything, since it improves everything.
James Thurber
Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.
James Thurber
Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.
James Thurber
Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.
James Thurber
There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
James Thurber
I hate women because they have brought into the currency of our language such expressions as all righty and yes indeedy and hundreds of others.
James Thurber
It was Lisa, aged five, whose mother asked her to thank my wife for the peas we had sent them from our garden. 'I thought the peas were awful, I wish you and Mrs. Thurber were dead, and I hate trees,' said Lisa.
James Thurber
Columbus is a town in which almost anything is likely to happen, and in which almost everything has.
James Thurber
Youcanfooltoomanyofthepeopletoomuchofthetime. See Lincoln 510:35.
James Thurber
Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long.
James Thurber
