All James Thurber Quotes
- When man gives up on reforming and inspiring society he also gives up his freedom. Freedom
- Human Dignity has gleamed only now and then and here and there, in lonely splendor, throughout the ages, a hope of the better men, never… Achievement
- The difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic. Apathetic
- Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness. Anger
- Love is what you've been through with somebody. Been
- Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone? Answer
- Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility. Chaos
- If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons. Animal
- It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. All
- I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere. Charge
- All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why. All
- The most dangerous food is wedding cake. Cake
- Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness. Any
- The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody's guess. Anybody
- Unless artists can remember what it was to be a little boy, they are only half complete as artist and as man. Art
- I used to wake up at 4 A.M. and start sneezing, sometimes for five hours. I tried to find out what sort of allergy I… Allergies
- One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough. Alcohol
- Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more. Funny
- 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… All
- But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep? All
- Progress was all right. Only it went on too long. All
- Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch up with himself in a great rear end collision. Airplane
- I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell this at a glance - a sharp, vindictive glance. All
- The animals that depend on instinct have an inherent knowledge of the laws of economics and of how to apply them; Man, with his powers… Animal
- Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months and 90 years. Age