Today is the birthday of James Grover Thurber (December 8, 1894 – November 2, 1961) was an American author, cartoonist and humorist."It is better to ask some of the questions than to know all the answers."
- James Thurber
"The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people — that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature."
- 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."
- James Thurber
"All men should strive to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why."
- James Thurber
"You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward."
- James Thurber
"Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around us in awareness."
- James Thurber
"There are two kinds of light — the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures."
- James Thurber
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