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 1 Share Now -
Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man. - James Thurber 3 Share Now -
The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody's guess. - James Thurber 4 Share Now -
The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people - that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature. - James Thurber 5 Share Now -
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 8 Share Now -
Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness. - James Thurber 10 Share Now -
