The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybodys guess. – James Thurber
The animals that depend on instinct have an inherent knowledge of the laws of economics and of how to apply them Man, with his powers of reason, has reduced economics to the level of a farce which is at once funnier and more tragic than Tobacco Road. – James Thurber
We all know that the theater and every play that comes to Broadway have within themselves, like the human being, the seed of self-destruction and the certainty of death. The thing is to see how long the theater, the play, and the human being can last in spite of themselves. – James Thurber
Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man. – James Thurber