James Thurber

The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man has frequently dragged the dog down to his. ↗

— James Thurber

#dog #down #dragged #frequently #his

The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal. ↗

— James Thurber

#heartless #his #hollow #laughter #man

The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth. ↗

— James Thurber

#artists #become #depth #humor #longer

The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel. ↗

— James Thurber

#libel #limitations #only #rules #taste

The sanity of the average banquet speaker lasts about two and a half months; at the end of that time he begins to mutter to himself, and calls out in his sleep. ↗

— James Thurber

#average #banquet #begins #calls #end

There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else. ↗

— James Thurber

#else #numbers #safety

Unless artists can remember what it was to be a little boy, they are only half complete as artist and as man. ↗

— James Thurber

#artists #boy #complete #half #little

We all have faults, and mine is being wicked. ↗

— James Thurber

#faults #mine #wicked

Love is what you've been through with somebody. ↗

— James Thurber

#been #love is #somebody #through #you

You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward. ↗

— James Thurber

#face #fall #far #flat #lean