"A drawing is always dragged down to the……" — James Thurber
"A drawing is always dragged down to the level of its caption."
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98 Quotes by James Thurber
James Thurber has 98 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
- When man gives up on reforming and inspiring society he also gives up his freedom.
- Human Dignity has gleamed only now and then and here and there, in lonely splendor, throughout the ages, a hope…
- The difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic.
- Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.
- Love is what you've been through with somebody.
- Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
- Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
- If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and…
- It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
- I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.
- All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.
- The most dangerous food is wedding cake.