Quotes by Thurber, James

Some American writers who have known each other for years have never m >>

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

It's better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. >>

Quotations about Alcohol and Alcoholism

One reason I don't drink is that I want to know when I am having a goo >>

There is this to be said in favor of drinking, that it takes the drunk >>

I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me. >>

It takes that je ne sais quoi which we call sophistication for a woman to be magnificent in a drawing-room when her faculties have departed but she herself has not yet gone home.

Thurber, James