Quote by James Thurber
Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our grea

Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources, which must be preserved at all cost. – James Thurber

Other quotes by James Thurber

Its a na?ve domestic Burgundy without any breeding, but I think youll be amused by its presumption. – James Thurber

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Wine
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Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards. There is a sense of getting somewhere fast, which satisfies a native American urge. – James Thurber

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Haste, Hurry
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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

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Psychology
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Other Quotes from
Humor
category

Humor is, I think, the subtlest and chanciest of literary forms. It is surely not accidental that there are a thousand novelists, essayists, poets or journalists for each humorist. It is a long, long time between James Thurbers. – Leo Rosten

Category:
Humor

What were doing is fun – if you have any sense of humor at all! – Calvin Klein

Category:
Humor

Since the goal of my programs is to show audiences how humor can both help them heal as well as deal with not-so-funny stuff, I decided to discuss the events of the previous week, the pain all of us were feeling, and how humor and some laughter might be beneficial. – Allen Klein

Category:
Humor

In prehistoric times, mankind often had only two choices in crisis situations: fight or flee. In modern times, humor offers us a third alternative fight, flee – or laugh. – Robert Orben

Category:
Humor

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In long experience I find that a man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts. – Harold MacMillan

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Theres nobody in the business strong enough to scare me. – Tupac Shakur

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Touch a scientist and you touch a child. – Ray Bradbury

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If you arent good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since youll resent the time and energy you give another person that you arent even giving to yourself. – Barbara de Angelis

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Time