James Thurber Quotes

James Thurber
American Author
Born: Dec 8, 1894
Died: Nov 2, 1961
Any Man Men Think Women You
Related authors: F. Scott Fitzgerald Frederick Douglass Helen Keller Henry David Thoreau Joyce Meyer Mark Twain Og Mandino Zig Ziglar
Last night I dreamed of a small consolation enjoyed only by the blind: Nobody knows the trouble I've not seen! James Thurber
Seen Trouble Consolation Dreamed Only Small Nobody Blind Knows Enjoyed Last Night Last Night
The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel. James Thurber
Comedy Libel Rules Those Only Limitations Taste Tolerate
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
Success Smile Home Quality Comedy Laughter Important Appreciative Unless Chuckle Mirth Takes Feels Audience Understood Cannot Warmth Created Among
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). James Thurber
Man Husband Situation Prestige Ability Menace Poise Never Sophistication Involving Bed Gracefully Formidable Might Butler Cope Presence
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