“I have the reputation for having read all of Henry James. Which would argue a misspent youth and middle age.” AgeMiddleYouthArguingReputationMiddle AgesMisspent Youth Author:James Thurber
“I'm sixty-five and I guess that puts me in with the geriatrics, but if there were fifteen months in every year, I'd only be forty-eight.” IfsYearsAgeFiveMonthsAgingEightFortySixtyFifteenForty EightGeriatrics Author:James Thurber
“Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months and 90 years.” YearsChildrenAgeUnderstandingBoysSonMonthsRangeThank YouLittle BoysBaby BoyNew Baby BoyMy Baby BoyCute Baby Boy Author:James Thurber
“I'm 65 and I guess that puts me in with the geriatrics. But if there were fifteen months in every year, I'd only be 48. That's the trouble with us. We number everything. Take women, for example. I think they deserve to have more than twelve years between the ages of 28 and 40.” IfsThinkingYearsAgeNumbersComedyTroubleExampleMonthsDeserveAgingTwelveFifteenGeriatrics Author:James Thurber
“Human Dignity has gleamed only now and then and here and there, in lonely splendor, throughout the ages, a hope of the better men, never an achievement of the majority.” MenHumansCharacterAgeAchievementDignityLonelyMajorityNow And ThenHere And ThereSplendorHuman DignityBetter Man Book:James Thurber: Writings & Drawings (including The Secret Life of Walter Mitty) Source: James Thurber: Writings & Drawings (including The Secret Life of Walter Mitty)
