335 Quotes by James Thurber

what they are running from, and to, and why.

Though statisticians in our time have never kept the score, Man wants a great deal here below and Woman even more.

As the Justice Department gets closer and closer to him through his aides, and if he is in more trouble, certainly the Democrats will use that.

If you are a police dog, where's your badge?

Don't let that chip on your shoulder be your only reason for walking erect

I hate women because they have brought into the currency of our language such expressions as "all righty" and "yes indeedy" and hundreds of others.

And unless there is a major stumbling or bombshell, I think he will be confirmed.

He had as much fun in the water as any person I have known. You didn't have to throw a stick in the water to get him to go in. Of course, he would bring back a stick to you if you did throw one in. He would even have brought back a piano if you had thrown one in.

Editing should be, especially in the case of old writers, a counseling rather than a collaborating task. The tendency of the writer-editor to collaborate is natural, but he should say to himself, ''How can I help this writer to say it better in his own style?'' and avoid ''How can I show him how I would write it, if it were my piece?''