The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth. James Thurber More Quotes by James Thurber More Quotes From James Thurber Humourists lead... an existence of jumpiness and apprehension. They sit on the edge of the chair of Literature. In the house of Life they have the feeling that they have never taken off their overcoats. James Thurber takenhousefeelings Looks can be deceiving; it's eating that's believing. James Thurber cookingfoodbelieve We all have faults, and mine is being wicked. James Thurber wickedfaultscomedy When man gives up on reforming and inspiring society he also gives up his freedom. James Thurber giving-upfreedommen I was seized by the stern hand of Compulsion, that dark, unreasonable Urge that impels women to clean house in the middle of the night. James Thurber humordarkfunny American girls often marry someone they can't stand to spite someone they can. James Thurber spitegirlsex Where most of us end up there is no knowing, but the hellbent get where they are going. James Thurber knowingends Most of the faint intimations of immortality of which we are occasionally aware would seem to arise out of Art or the materials of Art. James Thurber immortalityariseart He who hesitates is sometimes saved. James Thurber indecisionsavedsometimes Though statisticians in our time have never kept the score, Man wants a great deal here below and Woman even more. James Thurber greedwantmen Remember laughter. You'll need it even in the blessed isles of Ever After. James Thurber laughterblessedneeds Salvador [Dali] was brought up in Spain, a country colored by the legends of Hannibal, El Greco, and Cervantes. I was brought up in Ohio, a region steeped in the tradition of Coxey's Army, the Anti-Saloon League, and William Howard Taft. James Thurber ohioarmycountry Quick, name some towns in New Jersey James Thurber jerseytownsnames Don't get it right, just get it written. James Thurber comedyinspirational-lifewriting There is something about a poet which leads us to believe that he died, in many cases, as long as 20 years before his birth. James Thurber longbelieveyears Ours is a precarious language, as every writer knows, in which the merest shadow line often separates affirmation from negation, sense from nonsense, and one sex from the other James Thurber linesshadowsex Columbus is a town in which almost anything is likely to happen, and in which almost everything has. James Thurber columbustownshappens I can feel a thing I cannot touch and touch a thing I cannot feel. The first is sad and sorry, the second is your heart. James Thurber sorryheartfirsts Love is blind, but desire just doesn't give a good goddamn James Thurber emolove-isgiving Dogs are obsessed with being happy. James Thurber obsesseddog
