“Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?”
— James Thurber
Author: James Thurber
Category: funny
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But what is all this fear of
“But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep?”
— James Thurber
Author: James Thurber
Category: fear
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Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
“Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.”
— James Thurber
Author: James Thurber
Category: humor
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I think that maybe if women and
“I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.”
— James Thurber
Author: James Thurber
Category: women
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Women are wiser than men because they
“Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.”
— James Thurber
Author: James Thurber
Category: women
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Let us not look back in anger,
“Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.”
— James Thurber
Author: James Thurber
Category: anger
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake.
“The most dangerous food is wedding cake.”
— James Thurber
Author: James Thurber
Category: food
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The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless
“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
Author: James Thurber
Category: smile
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The wit makes fun of other persons;
“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
Author: James Thurber
Category: nature
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The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless
“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
Author: James Thurber
Category: smile
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