“ It's a naive domestic burgundy without any breeding but I think you'll be amused by its presumption. James Thurber
“ I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell this at a glance - a sharp, vindictive glance. 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
“ Hundreds of hysterical persons must confuse these phenomena with messages from the beyond and take their glory to the bishop rather than the eye doctor. James Thurber
“ Her own mother lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all over the house. James Thurber
“ The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man has frequently dragged the dog down to his. James Thurber
“ Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear. James Thurber
“ The average sendentary man of our time who is at all suggestible must emerge from this chapter believing that his chances of surviving a combination of instinct, complexes, reflexes, glands, sex, and… James Thurber
“ I admire the person who can write it right off. Mencken once said that a person who thinks clearly can write well. But I don't think clearly--too many thoughts bump into one another. Trains of thought… James Thurber
“ The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of the dog, for the clearly demonstrable reason that Man is the more laughable of the two animals. James Thurber
