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 had but finally came to the conclusion that it must be an allergy to consciousness. James Thurber More Quotes by James Thurber More Quotes From James Thurber Two is company, four is a party, three is a crowd. One is a wanderer. James Thurber party three two A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands. James Thurber responsibility two hands Let me be the first to admit that the naked truth about me is to the naked truth about Salvador Dali as an old ukulele in the attic is to a piano in a tree, and I mean a piano with breasts. Senor Dali has the jump on me from the beginning. He remembers and describes in detail what it was like in the womb. My own earliest memory is of accompanying my father to a polling booth in Columbus, Ohio, where he voted for William McKinley. James Thurber memories mean father A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps. James Thurber probability pounds The act of writing is either something the writer dreads or actually likes, and I actually like it. Even re-writing's fun. You're getting somewhere, whether it seems to move or not. James Thurber writing fun moving I have lived in the East for nearly thirty years now, but many of my books prove that I am never very far away from Ohio in my thoughts, and that the clocks that strike in my dreams are often the clocks of Columbus. James Thurber ohio dream book Love is what you've been through with somebody. James Thurber valentines-day marriage love Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness. James Thurber sixty-minutes kindness thinking I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell this at a glance - a sharp, vindictive glance. James Thurber cat dog men If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons. James Thurber nature dog animal Writers of comedy have outlook, whereas writers of tragedy have, according to them, insight. James Thurber outlook comedy tragedy I myself have known some profoundly thoughtful dogs. James Thurber thoughtful puppy dog The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of the dog, for the clearly demonstrable reason that Man is the more laughable of the two animals James Thurber dog animal fun Art – the one achievement of man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised James Thurber men long art A lady of 47 who has been married 27 years and has six children knows what love really is and once described it for me like this: 'Love is what you've been through with somebody'. James Thurber love children years Mutual suspicions of mental inadequacy are common during the first year of any marriage. James Thurber common years firsts But those rare souls whose spirit gets magically into the hearts of men, leave behind them something more real and warmly personal than bodily presence, an ineffable and eternal thing. It is everlasting life touching us as something more than a vague, recondite concept. The sound of a great name dies like an echo; the splendor of fame fades into nothing; but the grace of a fine spirit pervades the places through which it has passed, like the haunting loveliness of mignonette. James Thurber real heart men I don't believe the writer should know too much where he's going. If he does, he runs into old man blueprintold man propaganda. James Thurber running men believe She wasn't much to look at but she was something to think about. James Thurber looks thinking We are a nation that has always gone in for the loud laugh, the wow, the yak, the belly laugh, and the dozen other labels for the roll- em-in-the-aisles gagerissimo. This is the kind of laugh that delights actors, directors, and producers, but dismays writers of comedy because it is the laugh that often dies in the lobby. The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless mirth, so important to the success of comedy, cannot be understood unless one sits among the audience and feels the warmth created by the quality of laughter that the audience takes home with it. James Thurber laughter home war
