He was always leaning forward, pushing something invisible ahead of him.
More Quotes from James Thurber:
From one casual of mine he picked this sentence. ''After dinner, the men moved into the living room.'' I explained to the professor that this was Rose' way of giving the men time to push back their chairs and stand up. There must, as we know, be a comma after every move, made by men, on this earth.James Thurber
Writers of comedy have outlook, whereas writers of tragedy have, according to them, insight.
James Thurber
But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep?
James Thurber
Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.
James Thurber
I'm 65 and I guess that puts me in with the geriatrics. But if there were fifteen months in every year, I'd only be 48. That's the trouble with us. We number everything. Take women, for example. I think they deserve to have more than twelve years between the ages of 28 and 40.
James Thurber
Don't let that chip on your shoulder be your only reason for walking erect
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