It had only one fault. It was kind of lousy.

—James Thurber

About James Thurber

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James Grover Thurber (December 8, 1894 – November 2, 1961) was an American cartoonist, writer, humorist, journalist, and playwright. He was born in Columbus, Ohio, and attended Ohio State University (OSU), leaving in 1918 without graduating. He spent over a year in Paris, working for the US State Department as...

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I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed.

—James Thurber

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.

—James Thurber

questions knowledge curiosity certainty doubt answers

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

—James Thurber

comedy taste libel

Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.

—James Thurber

politics progress change dissatisfaction

Human Dignity has gleamed only now and then and here and there, in lonely splendor, throughout the ages, a hope of the better men, never an achievement of the majority.

—James Thurber

hope achievement

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