Last night I dreamed of a small consolation enjoyed only by the blind: Nobody knows the trouble I've not seen!

Quote by James Thurber

Topics: James Thurber Quotes

Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?

Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?

Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our...

Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our...

The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound,...

The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound,...

It's a naive domestic Burgundy without any breeding, but I think you'll be amused by...

It's a naive domestic Burgundy without any breeding, but I think you'll be amused by...

Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between...

Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between...

There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.

There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.

Love is a many splintered thing.

Love is a many splintered thing.

But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter...

But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter...

Editing should be, especially in the case of old writers, a counseling rather than a...

Editing should be, especially in the case of old writers, a counseling rather than a...

The difference between our decadence and the Russians' is that while theirs is brutal, ours...

The difference between our decadence and the Russians' is that while theirs is brutal, ours...

There is something about a poet which leads us to believe that he died, in...

There is something about a poet which leads us to believe that he died, in...

A drawing is always dragged down to the level of its caption.

A drawing is always dragged down to the level of its caption.

The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound,...

The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound,...

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

Let the meek inherit the earth - they have it coming to them

Let the meek inherit the earth - they have it coming to them

My opposition to Interviews lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or...

My opposition to Interviews lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or...

All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and...

All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and...

The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those...

The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those...

A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense.

A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense.

Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch...

Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch...