James Thurber Quotes

The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless mirth, so important to the success of comedy, cannot be understood unless one sits among the audience and feels the warmth created by the quality of laughter that the audience takes home with it.

James Thurber

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

SmileSuccessHomeQualityLaughter

Well, California used to be in the dream-making business, and unfortunately what's happened I think we're now in the dream-breaking business.

Meg Whitman

BusinessThinkNowCaliforniaUsed

The only thing that I could get with chance, and I never was able to use it, was that I would end up with something quite geometric or the spirit that I was interested in, indulging in, was gone.

Robert Rauschenberg

ChanceEndSpiritNeverUpGone

Everybody thinks I'm so serious and the dark side is very accessible to me, so of course it's a challenge to do something funny.

Stellan Skarsgard

FunnyChallengeMeDarkSerious

Maybe I'm naively romantic, but I do believe that spice and excitement doesn't stop once a couple gets together.

Stana Katic

RomanticTogetherBelieveStopSpice

If I rewind back to that period, I was 8 in 1977 when 'Star Wars' was in theaters. I saved up money, or my parents got me the 'Art of Star Wars' book.

Tony DiTerlizzi

ArtMoneyParentsMeBookBack

Smell the roses. Smell the coffee. Whatever it is that makes you happy.

Rita Moreno

CoffeeHappyRosesYouSmellMakes

I have to build a new environment for the people. I will place them in ecozones and provide them assistance. I will build hospitals there. There will be economic activity.

Rodrigo Duterte

PeopleEnvironmentPlaceNewBuild

We have the oldest written constitution still in force in the world, and it starts out with three words, 'We, the people.'

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

WordsPeopleWorldConstitutionOut

Mr. Obama's choices show how fundamentally unserious he is about deficit reduction and spending restraint.

Monica Crowley

ChoicesShowRestraintHeHowAbout

Old, deeply engrained systems take time to change, but we can't leave it to time.

Deeyah Khan

ChangeTimeOldLeaveTakeSystems

I try to live under a rock when it comes to WWE, but you can't avoid seeing your Twitter feed, people talking about Jinder Mahal wrestling Randy Orton at a pay-per-view.

Cody Rhodes

LivePeopleTalkingYouSeeingRock

Dad is a really surprising guy. Every time I think he's going to be useless, he ends up doing something amazing and saying exactly the right thing.

Clare Balding

TimeAmazingSayingThinkDoingUp

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