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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
Some American writers who have known each other for years have never met in the daytime or when both were sober.
— James Thurber
The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel.
— James Thurber
Though statisticians in our time have never kept the score, Man wants a great deal here below and Woman even more.
— James Thurber
Columbus is a town in which almost anything is likely to happen, and in which almost everything has.
— James Thurber
She has a memory of trees and fields and nothing more.
— James Thurber
No male can beat a female in the long run because they have it over us in sheer, damn longevity.
— James Thurber
It's forty kilometers through hell, sir," said the sergeant. Mitty finished one last brandy. "After all," he said softly, "what isn't?
— James Thurber
The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man has frequently dragged the dog down to his.
— James Thurber
Women deserve to have more than 12 years between 28 and 40.
— James Thurber
If I have sometimes seemed to make fun of Woman, I assure you it has only been for the purpose of egging her on.
— James Thurber
Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
— James Thurber
If you are a police dog, where's your badge?
— James Thurber
He who hesitates is sometimes saved.
— James Thurber
In other countries, art and literature are left to a lot of shabby bums living in attics and feeding on booze and spaghetti.
— James Thurber
The Old Man ain't afraid of hell
— James Thurber
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
At least she's not guilty of integrity, and that's more than I can say of any Bell in four generations except my grandfather and myself.
— James Thurber
What would you do without me? Say 'nothing.'""Nothing," said the Prince.
"Good. Then you're helpless and I'll help you. — James Thurber
Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long.
— James Thurber
Don't count your boobies until they are hatched.
— James Thurber
Reason is 6/7 of treason.
— James Thurber
Let us not look back to the past with anger, nor towards the future with fear, but look around with awareness.
— James Thurber
If you wonder which is the stronger sex, watch which one twists the other around her little finger.
— James Thurber
We all have faults, and mine is being wicked.
— James Thurber