The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth.

Quote by James Thurber

Topics: Humor Quotes

Unless artists can remember what it was to be a little boy, they are only...

Unless artists can remember what it was to be a little boy, they are only...

Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards....

Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards....

Last night I dreamed of a small consolation enjoyed only by the blind: Nobody knows...

Last night I dreamed of a small consolation enjoyed only by the blind: Nobody knows...

With sixty staring me in the face, I have developed inflammation of the sentence structure...

With sixty staring me in the face, I have developed inflammation of the sentence structure...

Some American writers who have known each other for years have never met in the...

Some American writers who have known each other for years have never met in the...

The most dangerous food is wedding cake.

The most dangerous food is wedding cake.

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.

You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.

Love is like the wind. You cannot see it... But you can feel it.

Love is like the wind. You cannot see it... But you can feel it.

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...

Love is a many splintered thing.

Love is a many splintered thing.

The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of...

The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of...

Love is the strange bewilderment that overtakes one person on account of another person.

Love is the strange bewilderment that overtakes one person on account of another person.

The animals that depend on instinct have an inherent knowledge of the laws of economics...

The animals that depend on instinct have an inherent knowledge of the laws of economics...

The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms hollow,...

The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms hollow,...

Sophistication might be described as the ability to cope gracefully with a situation involving the...

Sophistication might be described as the ability to cope gracefully with a situation involving the...

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...

My family has been amazing, and they understand how blessed I am. They've been able...

My family has been amazing, and they understand how blessed I am. They've been able...

Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which...

Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which...

Driving a fire truck is always a thrill. Is it better than sex? No!

Driving a fire truck is always a thrill. Is it better than sex? No!