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
He was always leaning forward, pushing something invisible ahead of him.
He was quite confident. He's smart, articulate and polite.
He is perceived to be a liability at this point, and it's not just what comes from this particular court case.
Art -- the one achievement of Man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised.
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.
He's very bright, but he's too extreme for a lot of people,
The chill Miss Trent has her men frustrated to a point at which a mortal male would smack her little mouth, so smooth, so firm, so free of nicotine, alcohol and emotion.
The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms / hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal.
She wasn't much to look at but she was something to think about.
Art – the one achievement of man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised
I have figured for you the distance between the horns of a dilemma, night and day, and A and Z. I have computed how far is Up, how long it takes to get Away, and what becomes of Gone. I have discovered the length of the sea serpent, the price of priceless, and the square of the hippopotamus. I know where you are when you are at Sixes and Sevens, how much Is you have to have to make an Are, and how many birds you can catch with the salt in the ocean - 187,796,132, if it would interest you.
The difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic.
Remember laughter. You'll need it even in the blessed isles of Ever After.
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.