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
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Most presidents eventually have to shed people who are liabilities in order to survive.
This is an old story that keeps repeating: The people who are way out there and pushing the limits of power, they eventually are pushed out themselves. Jim Wright and Newt Gingrich did that, and they went. Now Tom DeLay. It was just a matter of time.
I thought once he was out, people would move on. But he is still there, concentrating power within the leadership and himself.
It is better to ask some of the questions than to know all the answers
Karl Rove is a great guy in terms of developing issues for a campaign, but he's not done well on advocating policy in a governance setting. The job is diminished, but he probably doesn't mind that. He's a racehorse in a campaign.
Katrina took away his agenda, and maybe his image as a leader, unless he pulls it out in the next few days. His initial reaction was certainly not as quick and compassionate as a lot of people would have liked.
Members of Congress are very worried about the reaction in their district and their states about having an Arab country run several of our nation's ports.
While he was not as dumb as an ox, he was not any smarter either.
It is better to have loafed and lost, than never to have loafed at all.
Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man.
The question of whether the vice president was involved, we'll probably never know. But it was pretty close to him,
Whether it's a crisis or not depends on how long these high prices are sustained.
I always begin at the left with the opening word of the sentence and read toward the right and I recommend this method.
He was quite confident. He's smart, articulate and polite.