James Thurber
“The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel.”
“The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel.”
“I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.”
“Facts are stupid things.”
“Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a mad woman; only the wisest survive when attacked by a mad notion.”
“Everything you’ve learned in school as “obvious” becomes less and less obvious as you begin to study the universe. For example, there are no solids in the universe. There’s not even a suggestion of a solid. There are no absolute continuums. There are …
“The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.”
“Sentimentality is the emotional promiscuity of those who have no sentiment.”
“The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don’t.”
“You can never underestimate the stupidity of the general public.”
“When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn’t the slightest intention of putting it into practice.”