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James-thurber

James Thurber
(American Comedian)

Date of Birth:: December 8, 1894
Date of Death:: November 2, 1961
Nationality:: American
Quote count:: 139
Times favorited:: 74

James Grover Thurber was a U.S. humorist and cartoonist. Thurber was best known for his contributions to The New Yorker magazine.

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James Thurber

“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.”

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James Thurber

“From now on, I think it is safe to predict, neither the Democratic nor the Republican Party will ever nominate for President a candidate without good looks, stage presence, theatrical delivery, and a sense of timing.”

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James Thurber

“Sophistication might be described as the ability to cope gracefully with a situation involving the presence of a formidable menace to one's poise and prestige (such as the butler, or the man under the bed -- but never the husband).”

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James Thurber

“The sanity of the average banquet speaker lasts about two and a half months; at the end of that time he begins to mutter to himself, and calls out in his sleep.”

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James Thurber

“There is, of course, a certain amount of drudgery in newspaper work, just as there is in teaching classes, tunneling into a bank, or being President of the United States.”

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James Thurber

“Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man.”

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James Thurber

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

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James Thurber

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

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James Thurber

“My drawings have been described as pre-internationalist, meaning that they were finished before the ideas for them had occurred to me. I shall not argue the point.”

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James Thurber

“Most presidents eventually have to shed people who are liabilities in order to survive.”

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