Quotes by Thurber, James

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

Humor does not include sarcasm, invalid irony, sardonicism, innuendo, >>

The animals that depend on instinct have an inherent knowledge of the >>

Quotations about Humor

The hall-mark of American humor is its pose of illiteracy. >>

A poor joke must invent its own laughter. >>

Get well cards have become so humorous that if you don't get sick you' >>

The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people --that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature.

Thurber, James