335 Quotes by James Thurber

A husband should not insult his wife publicly, at parties. He should insult her in the privacy of the home.

There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.

I myself have known some profoundly thoughtful dogs.

Comedy has ceased to be a challenge to the mental processes. It has become a therapy of relaxation, a kind of tranquilizing drug.

A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense.

Ours is a precarious language, as every writer knows, in which the merest shadow line often separates affirmation from negation, sense from nonsense, and one sex from the other

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.

A woman's place is in the wrong.

My opposition to Interviews lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or grace of expression, and that such oral give and take helps to perpetuate the decline of the English language.