Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone? – James Thurber
Progress was all right. Only it went on too long. – 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
Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man. – James Thurber
Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more. – James Thurber
There are two kinds of light — the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures. – James Thurber
There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else. – James Thurber
You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward. – James Thurber
I was seized by the stern hand of Compulsion, that dark, unseasonable Urge that impels women to clean house in the middle of the night. – James Thurber
It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. – James Thurber
Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness. – James Thurber
There are two kinds of light – the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures. – James Thurber
The story of Harold Ross, the New Yorker and me is a mere footnote to the story of our time, and we might as well face the truth that to researchers of the future, poking about among the ruins of time, we shall all be tiny glitters. But then, so are diamonds. – James Thurber
Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquillity. – James Thurber
All men kill the thing they hate, too, unless, of course, it kills them first. – James Thurber
One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough. – James Thurber
