Quotes by James Thurber

James Thurber

(Cartoon caption:) I never really rallied after the birth of my first child.

Cartoon

Children

Parenting

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A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.

Hands

Responsibility

Two

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A drawing is always dragged down to the level of its caption.

Caption

Drawing

Levels

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A false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.

Communication

May

Misunderstood

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A husband should not insult his wife publicly, at parties. He should insult her in the privacy of the home.

Husband

Party

Women

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A lady of 47 who has been married 27 years and has six children knows what love really is and once described it for me like this: ‘Love is what you’ve been through with somebody’.

Children

Love

Years

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A peril of the night road is that flecks of dust and streaks of bug blood on the windshield look to me like old admirals in uniform, or crippled apple women, or the front edge of barges, and I whirl out of their way, thus going into ditches and fields and up on front lawns, endangering the life of authentic admirals and apple women who may be out on the roads for a breath of air before retiring.

Air

Apples

Night

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A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps.

Pounds

Probability

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A wet dog is lovingest.

Dog

Wet

Wet Dogs

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A woman’s place is in the wrong.

Women

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