James Thurber

There are two kinds of light--the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures.

There are two kinds of light--the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures.

I loathe the expression "What makes him tick." It is the American mind, looking for simple and singular solution, that read more

I loathe the expression "What makes him tick." It is the American mind, looking for simple and singular solution, that uses the foolish expression. A person not only ticks, he also chimes and strikes the hour, falls and breaks and has to be put together again, and sometimes stops like an electric clock in a thunderstorm.

A lady of forty-seven who had been married twenty-seven years and has six children knows what love really is and read more

A lady of forty-seven who had been married twenty-seven years and has six children knows what love really is and once described it for me like this: 'Love is what you've been through with somebody.'.

The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel.

The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel.

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

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