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James Thurber | knowledge

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.

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James Thurber | humor

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.

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James Thurber | humor

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.

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James Thurber | humor

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

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James Thurber | home

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.

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James Thurber | future

The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody’s guess.

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James Thurber | funny

Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.

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James Thurber | funny

Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?

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Food James Thurber

James Thurber | food

The most dangerous food is wedding cake.

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James Thurber | fear

But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep?

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