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
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.
Early to rise and early to bed makes a man healthy, wealthy, and dead.
The difference between our decadence and the Russians' is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic.
Love is the strange bewilderment that overtakes one person on account of another person.
It is better to ask some of the questions than to know all the answers
Most presidents eventually have to shed people who are liabilities in order to survive.
I thought once he was out, people would move on. But he is still there, concentrating power within the leadership and himself.
Whether it's a crisis or not depends on how long these high prices are sustained.
It's going to be almost impossible to overcome the perception about the president that he didn't show compassion and didn't get control of the policy failures. The vivid images that are coming across the television are really destroying his image as a leader.
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.
The vivid images that are coming across the television are really destroying his image as a leader.
The news of continuing deaths cannot be overcome by speeches.
It's a naive domestic little Burgundy without any breeding, but I think you'll be amused by its presumption