James Thurber
James Thurber
James Grover Thurberwas an American cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright, and celebrated wit. Thurber was best known for his cartoons and short stories, published mainly in The New Yorker magazine and collected in his numerous books. One of the most popular humorists of his time, Thurber celebrated the comic frustrations and eccentricities of ordinary people. In collaboration with his college friend Elliott Nugent, he wrote the Broadway comedy The Male Animal, later adapted into a film, which starred Henry Fonda and...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCartoonist
Date of Birth8 December 1894
CityColumbus, OH
CountryUnited States of America
You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.
Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man.
Man is troubled by what might be called the Dog Wish, a strange and involved compulsion to be as happy and carefree as a dog
The pounding of the cylinders increased: ta-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa.
Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?
He who hesitates is sometimes saved.
A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense.
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 very, very few persons.
The most dangerous food is wedding cake.
Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.
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.
One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep?