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James Thurber Quotes A husband should not insult his wife publicly, at parties. He should insult her in the privacy of the home. James Thurber Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquillity. James Thurber I hate women because they always know where things are. James Thurber It is better to have loafed and lost than never to have loafed at all. James Thurber You can fool too many of the people too much of the time. 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 Precision of communication is important, more important than ever, in our era of hair trigger balances, when a false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act. James Thurber Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation. James Thurber The difference between our decadence and the Russians' is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic. James Thurber From now on, I think it is safe to predict, neither the Democratic nor the Republican Party will ever nominate for President a candidate without good looks, stage presence, theatrical delivery, and a sense of timing. James Thurber The most dangerous food is wedding cake. James Thurber Sophistication might be described as the ability to cope gracefully with a situation involving the presence of a formidable menace to one's poise and prestige (such as the butler, or the man under the bed - but never the husband). James Thurber It takes that je ne sais quoi which we call sophistication for a woman to be magnificent in a drawing-room when her faculties have departed but she herself has not yet gone home. James Thurber | |