Quote #33
In order to be eligible to play it was necessary for him to keep up in his studies, a very difficult matter, for while he was not dumber than an ox he was not any smarter.
More from James Thurber
- Her own mother lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all over the house.
- 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.
- If I have sometimes seemed to make fun of Woman, I assure you it has only been for the purpose of egging her on.
- Every time is a time for comedy in a world of tension that would languish without it. But I cannot confine myself to lightness in a period …
- Somebody has said that woman's place is in the wrong. That's fine. What the wrong needs is a woman's presence and a woman's touch. She is f…
- The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of the dog, for the clearly demonstrable reason that Man is the more laughable of …
- Discussion in America means dissent.
- 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.