Quotessence
Home / Authors / James Thurber
James Thurber

James Thurber Quotes

Cartoonist

Filter quotes by topic

AllComedyMenIfsDogKnowsLongYearsHumorWritingThinkingTwoWittyFunnyLifeAgeEnoughFunHomeHumansLaughter

Famous James Thurber Quotes

“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.”

IfsPersonsCoursesFunWaterKnownDogSticksPianoThrown
Book:James Thurber: Writings & Drawings (including The Secret Life of Walter Mitty)
Create image

“It did not take Man long-probably not more than a hundred centuries-to discover that all the animals except the dog were impossible around the house. One has but to spend a few days with an aardvark or llama, command a water buffalo to sit up and beg or try to housebreak a moose, to perceive how wisely Man set about his process of elimination and selection.”

MenTryingLongHouseProcessWaterAnimalImpossibleCenturyDogHundredCommandPerceiveSelectionEliminationBuffaloMooseLlamasWater Buffalo
Book:James Thurber: Writings & Drawings (including The Secret Life of Walter Mitty)
Create image

“I never had a dog that showed a human fear of death. Death, to a dog, is the final unavoidable compulsion, the least ineluctable scent on a fearsome trail, but they like to face it alone, going out into the woods, among the leaves, if there are any leaves when their time comes, enduring without sentimental human distraction the Last Loneliness, which they are wise enough to know cannot be shared by anyone.”

IfsKnowsHumansEnoughLastsFacesDeathWiseDogLonelinessEndureFinalsWoodsDistractionGoing OutScentSentimentalTrailsFear Of DeathCompulsion
Author:James Thurber
Create image

“If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.”

IfsPersonsCertainBeliefHeavenNatureAnimalKnownDogImmortalityPetGrief And LossMy DogPuppyAnimal LoveCanineDog LoverDog TrainingPuppy DogPet AnimalsPet DogDog LovePet LossDog RescueGreat DogCute DogGreat PetGrief LossFunny DogCat DogAnimal RescueDog LossI Love My DogGrief And DeathFunny PuppyLove My DogPets CatsCat LoveDog GriefDeath ComfortRetrieversDeath Of A FriendPug DogsPuppies And LoveFaithful DogsDog HeavenHeaven And DogsLost DogPets In HeavenLoving DogLabrador DogsComfort LossSad DogDog MemorialBeagles The DogPet MemorialGone To Heaven
Author:James Thurber
Create image