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
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.
Whether it's a crisis or not depends on how long these high prices are sustained.
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.
I always begin at the left with the opening word of the sentence and read toward the right and I recommend this method.
Humourists lead... an existence of jumpiness and apprehension. They sit on the edge of the chair of Literature. In the house of Life they have the feeling that they have never taken off their overcoats.
He's very bright, but he's too extreme for a lot of people,
This is a very black day for the White House, and it's going to be very hard for the president to dig out of this. Bush is in trouble. He is going to have a difficult time moving any part of his domestic agenda.
Art -- the one achievement of Man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised.
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.
Even if Boss DeLay leaves, his legacy stays.
It's a naive domestic little Burgundy without any breeding, but I think you'll be amused by its presumption
Don't let that chip on your shoulder be your only reason for walking erect