Author: James Thurber

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Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources, which must be preserved at all cost.

Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources, which must be preserved at all cost.

- James Thurber

The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody's guess.

The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody's guess.

- James Thurber

Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man.

Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man.

- James Thurber

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

- James Thurber

Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch up with himself in a great rear end collision.

Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch up with himself in a great rear end collision.

- James Thurber

All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.

All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.

- James Thurber

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.

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

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

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

- James Thurber

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

- James Thurber

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