Quotes by Thurber, James

I always begin at the left with the opening word of the sentence and r >>

With sixty staring me in the face, I have developed inflammation of th >>

Next to reasoning, the greatest handicap to the optimum development of >>

Quotations about Wit

The witty woman is a tragic figure in American life. Wit destroys erot >>

Melancholy men are of all others the most witty. >>

Wit. The salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual >>

Humor does not include sarcasm, invalid irony, sardonicism, innuendo, or any other form of cruelty. When these things are raised to a high point they can become wit, but unlike the French and the English, we have not been much good at wit since the days of Benjamin Franklin.

Thurber, James