Quotes by James Grover Thurber
There are two kinds of light - the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures.
Thurber, James Grover
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.
Thurber, James Grover
One has but to observe a community of beavers at work in a stream to understand the loss in his sagacity, balance, cooperation, competence, and purpose which Man has suffered since he rose up on his hind legs... He began to chatter and he developed Reason, Thought, and Imagination, qualities which would get the smartest group of rabbits or orioles in the world into inextricable trouble overnight.
Thurber, James Grover
Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquillity.
Thurber, James Grover
You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.
Thurber, James Grover