Writer Quotes by James Thurber

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

“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

“Against the may, the could be, and the should, folly 'tis to balance doubt or hope.”

— James Thurber

Love is the strange bewilderment that overtakes one person on account of another person.

— James Thurber

“ 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

“you might as well fall on your face as lean over too far backwards”

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I myself have known some profoundly thoughtful dogs.

— James Thurber

He knows all about art, but he doesn't know what he likes.

— James Thurber

All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.

— James Thurber

Quick, name some towns in New Jersey

— James Thurber

Looks can be deceiving; it's eating that's believing.

— James Thurber

“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

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

Where most of us end up there is no knowing, but the hellbent get where they are going.

— James Thurber

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