James Thurber Quotes

My opposition to Interviews lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or grace of expression, and that such oral give and take helps to perpetuate the decline of the English language.

James Thurber

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 8, 1894 - November 2, 1961

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A lot of the novels that I've really enjoyed in my life, whether it's Tolstoy's 'Cossacks,' or 'Sons and Lovers' or 'Jude the Obscure' or 'David Copperfield' or 'Herzog,' have an autobiographical spine.

Melvyn Bragg

LifeMy LifeObscureLoversSons

I hope they remake 'Look Who's Talking' - then I'd make some money!

Amy Heckerling

HopeMoneyTalkingLookMakeSome

I am a world expert on how to organise tasks in a senseless order, totally unrelated to priority, and thus create a massive panic leading up to an important deadline.

Lucy Hawking

I AmWorldCreateImportantExpert

I should be getting photographs of me with my arm around these people like restaurant owners do, because eventually I am going to have to prove to my kids that once I was an actor!

Josh Hartnett

I AmPeopleMeRestaurantActor

I often feel the need of a man to take care of me, even though I can certainly take care of myself.

Dionne Warwick

MyselfManMeCareTake CareFeel

I don't make films for myself; I make them in order to communicate with an audience.

Diego Luna

MyselfAudienceOrderCommunicate

The Court's objection to cameras may be much more a product of history and process than an unwillingness to be placed in the public spotlight.

David Stras

HistoryProcessProductMoreMay

I'm kinda famous for my barbecues - I'm always hosting parties.

Bonnie McKee

FamousAlwaysHostingPartiesKinda

Old white people have pretty much always been the bad guys, the keepers of the hegemonic and reactionary flame, the folks unwilling to share the category of American with others on equal terms.

Tim Wise

PeopleFlameAmericanBadWhiteOld

I try to look for the good in everybody, regardless of the way they're labeled.

Richard Thompson

GoodLookWayTryRegardless

There are certain projects that you love to be involved in, no matter what the capacity, and there are certain projects that I probably wouldn't even consider getting behind.

Mark Consuelos

LoveYouMatterInvolvedBehind

No one is attacking Islam, as such. We accept that there is a large French-born Islamic population in France who have a right to be here. The FN is not a racist or Islamophobic party.

Marion Marechal-Le Pen

PartyAcceptIslamRightHereWho

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