Art – the one achievement of man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised — James Thurber Copy Share Image
Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long. — James Thurber Copy Share Image
No male can beat a female in the long run because they have it over us in sheer, damn longevity. — James Thurber Copy Share Image
There is something about a poet which leads us to believe that he died, in many cases, as long as 20 years… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
I drew pictures rapidly and with few lines, because I had to write most of the pieces, too, and couldn't monkey long… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
It did not take Man long-probably not more than a hundred centuries-to discover that all the animals except the dog were impossible… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
We all know that the theater and every play that comes to Broadway have within themselves, like the human being, the seed… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
Every man is occasionally visited by the suspicion that the planet on which he is riding is not really going anywhere; that… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
I have figured for you the distance between the horns of a dilemma, night and day, and A and Z. I have… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
Salvador [Dali] was brought up in Spain, a country colored by the legends of Hannibal, El Greco, and Cervantes. I was brought up in… — James Thurber Copy Share
“Her own mother lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all over the house.” — James Thurber Copy Share
“Against the may, the could be, and the should, folly 'tis to balance doubt or hope.” — James Thurber Copy Share
Love is the strange bewilderment that overtakes one person on account of another person. — James Thurber Copy Share
“ There was an old coddle so molly, He talked in a glot that was poly, His gaws were so gew That his laps… — James Thurber Copy Share
All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why. — James Thurber Copy Share
“I don’t understand,” said the scientist, “why you lemmings all rush down to the sea and drown yourselves.” “How curious,” said the lemming. “The… — James Thurber Copy Share
Humor does not include sarcasm, invalid irony, sardonicism, innuendo, or any other form of cruelty. When these things are raised to a high point… — James Thurber Copy Share
Where most of us end up there is no knowing, but the hellbent get where they are going. — James Thurber Copy Share
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… — James Thurber Copy Share
