James Thurber quotes

James Thurber was an American writer, cartoonist, and humorist renowned for his contributions to The New Yorker magazine. His witty stories and illustrations captured the absurdities of everyday life. He became one of the most celebrated humorists of the 20th century. Here are 138 of his quotes:

You can fool too many of the people too much of the time. (James Thurber)
He who hesitates is sometimes saved. View quote
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All men should strive to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why. View quote
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It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. View quote
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Well if this is the wrong number, why did you answer it. View quote
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You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward. View quote
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There are two kinds of light - the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures. View quote
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Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation. View quote
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He knows all about art, but he doesn't know what he likes. View quote
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The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms - hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal. View quote
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Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility. (James Thurber)
There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else. View quote
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The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel. View quote
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All men kill the thing they hate, too, unless, of course, it kills them first. View quote
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Discussion in America means dissent. View quote
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Women are wiser than men, because they know less and understand more. View quote
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One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough. View quote
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Early to rise and early to bed. Makes a male healthy, wealthy and dead. View quote
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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. View quote
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Love is what you've been through with somebody. View quote
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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 a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear. (James Thurber)
The difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic. View quote
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My opposition to Interviews lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or grace of expression, and that such oral give and take helps to perpetuate the decline of the English language. View quote
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It's a naive domestic Burgundy without any breeding, but I think you'll be amused by its presumption. View quote
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There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception. View quote
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James Thurber

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Occupation: American Cartoonist
Born: December 8, 1894
Died: November 2, 1961
Quotes count: 138
Wikipedia: James Thurber

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