Famous James Thurber Quotes

  • 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

    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

  • …I would be the last person to say that madness is not a solution. – James Thurber

    …I would be the last person to say that madness is not a solution.– James Thurber

  • …I would be the last person to say that madness is not a solution.– James Thurber

  • On his misfit globe he has outlasted the mammoth and the pterodactyl, but he has never got the upper hand of bacteria and the insects. – James Thurber

    On his misfit globe he has outlasted the mammoth and the pterodactyl, but he has never got the upper hand of bacteria and the insects.– 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

    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

  • She has a memory of trees and fields and nothing more. – James Thurber

    She has a memory of trees and fields and nothing more.– James Thurber

  • Boys are beyond the range of anybody’s sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months and 90 years. – James Thurber

    Boys are beyond the range of anybody’s sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months and 90 years.– James Thurber

  • Live life by the abc’s…adventure, bravery and creativity. – James Thurber

    Live life by the abc’s…adventure, bravery and creativity.– James Thurber

  • Art -“ the one achievement of man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised – James Thurber

    Art -“ the one achievement of man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised– James Thurber

  • I’ll never know the right answer for sex and marriage, sense and mirage. – James Thurber

    I’ll never know the right answer for sex and marriage, sense and mirage.– James Thurber