James Thurber

US author, cartoonist, humorist, & satirist (1894 - 1961)

I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.

James Thurber

James Thurber

US author, cartoonist, humorist, & satirist (1894 - 1961)

Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.

James Thurber

James Thurber

US author, cartoonist, humorist, & satirist (1894 - 1961)

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

James Thurber

US author, cartoonist, humorist, & satirist (1894 - 1961)

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

James Thurber

US author, cartoonist, humorist, & satirist (1894 - 1961)

It had only one fault. It was kind of lousy.

James Thurber

James Thurber

US author, cartoonist, humorist, & satirist (1894 - 1961)

Its better to know some of the questions, than all of the answers.

James Thurber

James Thurber, My Life and Hard Times (1933)

US author, cartoonist, humorist, & satirist (1894 - 1961)

Her own mother lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all over the house.

James Thurber, My Life and Hard Times (1933)

James Thurber, New Yorker cartoon caption, June 5, 1937

US author, cartoonist, humorist, & satirist (1894 - 1961)

Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?

James Thurber, New Yorker cartoon caption, June 5, 1937

James Thurber, New Yorker, Feb. 4, 1939, "The Fairly Intelligent Fly"

US author, cartoonist, humorist, & satirist (1894 - 1961)

There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.

James Thurber, New Yorker, Feb. 4, 1939, "The Fairly Intelligent Fly"

James Thurber, New Yorker, Feb. 18, 1939 "The Shrike and the Chipmunks"

US author, cartoonist, humorist, & satirist (1894 - 1961)

Early to rise and early to bed makes a male healthy and wealthy and dead.

James Thurber, New Yorker, Feb. 18, 1939 "The Shrike and the Chipmunks"

James Thurber, New Yorker, Apr. 29, 1939 "The Owl who was God"

US author, cartoonist, humorist, & satirist (1894 - 1961)

You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.

James Thurber, New Yorker, Apr. 29, 1939 "The Owl who was God"

James Thurber

US author, cartoonist, humorist, & satirist (1894 - 1961)

You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.

James Thurber

James Thurber

US author, cartoonist, humorist, & satirist (1894 - 1961)

Early to rise and early to bed Makes a male healthy, wealthy and dead

James Thurber

James Thurber

US author, cartoonist, humorist, & satirist (1894 - 1961)

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.

James Thurber

James Thurber

US author, cartoonist, humorist, & satirist (1894 - 1961)

I hate women because they always know where things are.

James Thurber

James Thurber

US author, cartoonist, humorist, & satirist (1894 - 1961)

A husband should not insult his wife publicly, at parties. He should insult her in the privacy of the home.

James Thurber

James Thurber

US author, cartoonist, humorist, & satirist (1894 - 1961)

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

James Thurber

US author, cartoonist, humorist, & satirist (1894 - 1961)

You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.

James Thurber

James Thurber, "Carpe Noctem, If You Can", in "Credos and Curios" (1962)

US author, cartoonist, humorist, & satirist (1894 - 1961)

I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed.

James Thurber, "Carpe Noctem, If You Can", in "Credos and Curios" (1962)

James Thurber

US author, cartoonist, humorist, & satirist (1894 - 1961)

I loathe the expression "What makes him tick." It is the American mind, looking for simple and singular solution, that uses the foolish expression. A person not only ticks, he also chimes and strikes the hour, falls and breaks and has to be put together again, and sometimes stops like an electric clock in a thunderstorm.

James Thurber