James Thurber Quotes About Fun

Quotes about: Fun

• 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

  Nature, Fun, People

  Interview with Edward R. Murrow on "Small World", CBS-TV, March 25, 1959.

• The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself.

  James Thurber

  Fun, World, Comedy

  Interview with Edward R. Murrow on "Small World", CBS-TV, March 25, 1959.

• 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 the two animals

  James Thurber

  Dog, Fun, Animal

  James Thurber (1996). “James Thurber: Writings & Drawings (including The Secret Life of Walter Mitty)”, p.957, Library of America

• He had as much fun in the water as any person I have known. You didn't have to throw a stick in the water to get him to go in. Of course, he would bring back a stick to you if you did throw one in. He would even have brought back a piano if you had thrown one in.

  James Thurber

  Dog, Fun, Piano

  James Thurber (1996). “James Thurber: Writings & Drawings (including The Secret Life of Walter Mitty)”, p.333, Library of America

• The act of writing is either something the writer dreads or actually likes, and I actually like it. Even re-writing's fun. You're getting somewhere, whether it seems to move or not.

  James Thurber

  Fun, Moving, Writing

  James Thurber (1990). “Collecting Himself: James Thurber on Writing and Writers, Humor and Himself”

• If I have sometimes seemed to make fun of Woman, I assure you it has only been for the purpose of egging her on.

  James Thurber

  Fun, Women, Purpose

  James Thurber (1961). “Lanterns & Lances”, New York : Harper

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