Quotes by James Thurber

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

#James Thurber

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

#James Thurber

Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.

#James Thurber

One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.

#James Thurber

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

#James Thurber

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

#James Thurber

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

#James Thurber

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

#James Thurber

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

#James Thurber

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.

#James Thurber

It is better to have loafed and lost, than never to have loafed at all.

#James Thurber

I used to wake up at 4 A.M. and start sneezing, sometimes for five hours....

#James Thurber