Quotes by Thurber, James

Art -- the one achievement of Man which has made the long trip up from >>

Sophistication might be described as the ability to cope gracefully wi >>

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

Quotations about Economy and Economics

Call a thing immoral or ugly, soul-destroying or a degradation of man, >>

Commerce changes the fate and genius of nations. >>

Give me a one-handed economist! All my economics say, On the one hand >>

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.

Thurber, James