Quote by James Thurber
The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and

The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth. – James Thurber

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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

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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

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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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I think that sense of humor is important in marriage. A sense of humor gets people through marriage. – Kyle Chandler

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Kindness and a generous spirit go a long way. And a sense of humor. Its like medicine – very healing. – Max Irons

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Humor must not professedly teach and it must not professedly preach, but it must do both if it would live forever. – Mark Twain

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I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor. – Horatio Nelson

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