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  1. 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

    #Wisdom #Quotes #JamesThurber #Humor #Satire #Wit

    #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Panopainting #NewMexico

  2. 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

    #Wisdom #Quotes #JamesThurber #Humor #Satire #Wit

    #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Panopainting #NewMexico

  3. 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

    #Wisdom #Quotes #JamesThurber #Humor #Satire #Wit

    #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Panopainting #NewMexico

  4. 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

    #Wisdom #Quotes #JamesThurber #Humor #Satire #Wit

    #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Panopainting #NewMexico

  5. 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

    #Wisdom #Quotes #JamesThurber #Humor #Satire #Wit

    #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Panopainting #NewMexico

  6. 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

    #Wisdom #Quotes #JamesThurber #Humor #Satire #Wit

    #Photography #Panorama #LavaFlow #Galapagos #Geology

  7. 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

    #Wisdom #Quotes #JamesThurber #Humor #Satire #Wit

    #Photography #Panorama #LavaFlow #Galapagos #Geology

  8. 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

    #Wisdom #Quotes #JamesThurber #Humor #Satire #Wit

    #Photography #Panorama #LavaFlow #Galapagos #Geology

  9. 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

    #Wisdom #Quotes #JamesThurber #Humor #Satire #Wit

    #Photography #Panorama #LavaFlow #Galapagos #Geology

  10. 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

    #Wisdom #Quotes #JamesThurber #Humor #Satire #Wit

    #Photography #Panorama #LavaFlow #Galapagos #Geology

  11. @anna I was more wilfully obscure in my willful and obscure thesis and quoted #JamesThurber:

    "It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers".

    Which I stand by to this day...

  12. @anna I was more wilfully obscure in my willful and obscure thesis and quoted :

    "It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers".

    Which I stand by to this day...

  13. @anna I was more wilfully obscure in my willful and obscure thesis and quoted #JamesThurber:

    "It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers".

    Which I stand by to this day...

  14. @anna I was more wilfully obscure in my willful and obscure thesis and quoted #JamesThurber:

    "It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers".

    Which I stand by to this day...

  15. @anna I was more wilfully obscure in my willful and obscure thesis and quoted #JamesThurber:

    "It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers".

    Which I stand by to this day...

  16. A quotation from James Thurber

    By definition, humor is gentle. The savage, the cruel, the harsh would fall under the heading of wit and/or satire, as the lawyers say. Now, my definitions are these: 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 (1894-1961) American humorist, cartoonist, writer
    Interview (1959-03-24) by Edward R. Murrow, Small World, CBS-TV

    More about this quote: wist.info/thurber-james/82802/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jamesthurber #comedy #humannature #humor #humorist #mockery #satire #selfmockery #senseofhumor #verbalabuse #wit

  17. A quotation from James Thurber

    By definition, humor is gentle. The savage, the cruel, the harsh would fall under the heading of wit and/or satire, as the lawyers say. Now, my definitions are these: 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 (1894-1961) American humorist, cartoonist, writer
    Interview (1959-03-24) by Edward R. Murrow, Small World, CBS-TV

    More about this quote: wist.info/thurber-james/82802/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jamesthurber #comedy #humannature #humor #humorist #mockery #satire #selfmockery #senseofhumor #verbalabuse #wit

  18. A quotation from James Thurber

    By definition, humor is gentle. The savage, the cruel, the harsh would fall under the heading of wit and/or satire, as the lawyers say. Now, my definitions are these: 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 (1894-1961) American humorist, cartoonist, writer
    Interview (1959-03-24) by Edward R. Murrow, Small World, CBS-TV

    More about this quote: wist.info/thurber-james/82802/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jamesthurber #comedy #humannature #humor #humorist #mockery #satire #selfmockery #senseofhumor #verbalabuse #wit

  19. A quotation from James Thurber

    By definition, humor is gentle. The savage, the cruel, the harsh would fall under the heading of wit and/or satire, as the lawyers say. Now, my definitions are these: 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 (1894-1961) American humorist, cartoonist, writer
    Interview (1959-03-24) by Edward R. Murrow, Small World, CBS-TV

    More about this quote: wist.info/thurber-james/82802/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jamesthurber #comedy #humannature #humor #humorist #mockery #satire #selfmockery #senseofhumor #verbalabuse #wit

  20. A quotation from James Thurber

    The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody’s guess.

    James Thurber (1894-1961) American humorist, cartoonist, writer
    Letter (1961-07-05) to Marianna Brown

    More about this quote: wist.info/thurber-james/82800/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jamesthurber #future #lookingahead #lookingback #past #prediction #present #prognostication #today #tomorrow #yesterday

  21. A quotation from James Thurber

    The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody’s guess.

    James Thurber (1894-1961) American humorist, cartoonist, writer
    Letter (1961-07-05) to Marianna Brown

    More about this quote: wist.info/thurber-james/82800/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jamesthurber #future #lookingahead #lookingback #past #prediction #present #prognostication #today #tomorrow #yesterday

  22. A quotation from James Thurber

    The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody’s guess.

    James Thurber (1894-1961) American humorist, cartoonist, writer
    Letter (1961-07-05) to Marianna Brown

    More about this quote: wist.info/thurber-james/82800/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jamesthurber #future #lookingahead #lookingback #past #prediction #present #prognostication #today #tomorrow #yesterday

  23. A quotation from James Thurber

    The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody’s guess.

    James Thurber (1894-1961) American humorist, cartoonist, writer
    Letter (1961-07-05) to Marianna Brown

    More about this quote: wist.info/thurber-james/82800/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jamesthurber #future #lookingahead #lookingback #past #prediction #present #prognostication #today #tomorrow #yesterday

  24. A quotation from James Thurber

    America must learn that humor, whatever form it may take, can be one of our strongest allies, but it cannot flourish in a weather of fear and hysteria and intimidation.

    James Thurber (1894-1961) American cartoonist and writer
    Essay (1958-12-07), “State of the Nation’s Humor: ‘On the Brink of Was,'” New York Times Magazine

    More about this quote: wist.info/thurber-james/82660/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jamesthurber #comedy #fear #freespeech #freedomofexpression #freedomofspeech #funniness #humor #hysteria #intimidation #senseofhumor

  25. A quotation from James Thurber

    America must learn that humor, whatever form it may take, can be one of our strongest allies, but it cannot flourish in a weather of fear and hysteria and intimidation.

    James Thurber (1894-1961) American cartoonist and writer
    Essay (1958-12-07), “State of the Nation’s Humor: ‘On the Brink of Was,'” New York Times Magazine

    More about this quote: wist.info/thurber-james/82660/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jamesthurber #comedy #fear #freespeech #freedomofexpression #freedomofspeech #funniness #humor #hysteria #intimidation #senseofhumor

  26. A quotation from James Thurber

    America must learn that humor, whatever form it may take, can be one of our strongest allies, but it cannot flourish in a weather of fear and hysteria and intimidation.

    James Thurber (1894-1961) American cartoonist and writer
    Essay (1958-12-07), “State of the Nation’s Humor: ‘On the Brink of Was,'” New York Times Magazine

    More about this quote: wist.info/thurber-james/82660/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jamesthurber #comedy #fear #freespeech #freedomofexpression #freedomofspeech #funniness #humor #hysteria #intimidation #senseofhumor

  27. A quotation from James Thurber

    America must learn that humor, whatever form it may take, can be one of our strongest allies, but it cannot flourish in a weather of fear and hysteria and intimidation.

    James Thurber (1894-1961) American cartoonist and writer
    Essay (1958-12-07), “State of the Nation’s Humor: ‘On the Brink of Was,'” New York Times Magazine

    More about this quote: wist.info/thurber-james/82660/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jamesthurber #comedy #fear #freespeech #freedomofexpression #freedomofspeech #funniness #humor #hysteria #intimidation #senseofhumor

  28. A quotation from James Thurber

    The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms — hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal.

    James Thurber (1894-1961) American cartoonist and writer
    Essay (1958-12-07), “State of the Nation’s Humor: ‘On the Brink of Was,'” New York Times Magazine

    More about this quote: wist.info/thurber-james/82477/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jamesthurber #emotion #laughter #tears #tone

  29. A quotation from James Thurber

    The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms — hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal.

    James Thurber (1894-1961) American cartoonist and writer
    Essay (1958-12-07), “State of the Nation’s Humor: ‘On the Brink of Was,'” New York Times Magazine

    More about this quote: wist.info/thurber-james/82477/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jamesthurber #emotion #laughter #tears #tone

  30. A quotation from James Thurber

    The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms — hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal.

    James Thurber (1894-1961) American cartoonist and writer
    Essay (1958-12-07), “State of the Nation’s Humor: ‘On the Brink of Was,'” New York Times Magazine

    More about this quote: wist.info/thurber-james/82477/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jamesthurber #emotion #laughter #tears #tone

  31. A quotation from James Thurber

    The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms — hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal.

    James Thurber (1894-1961) American cartoonist and writer
    Essay (1958-12-07), “State of the Nation’s Humor: ‘On the Brink of Was,'” New York Times Magazine

    More about this quote: wist.info/thurber-james/82477/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jamesthurber #emotion #laughter #tears #tone

  32. A quotation from James Thurber

    The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms — hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal.

    James Thurber (1894-1961) American cartoonist and writer
    Essay (1958-12-07), “State of the Nation’s Humor: ‘On the Brink of Was,'” New York Times Magazine

    More about this quote: wist.info/thurber-james/82477/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jamesthurber #emotion #laughter #tears #tone

  33. A quotation from James Thurber

    The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth.

    James Thurber (1894-1961) American cartoonist and writer
    Essay (1958-12-07), “State of the Nation’s Humor: ‘On the Brink of Was,'” New York Times Magazine

    More about this quote: wist.info/thurber-james/82297/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jamesthurber #artist #dissent #humor #nation #paranoia #RedScare #suspicion #writer #writing #comedy #censorship

  34. A quotation from James Thurber

    The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth.

    James Thurber (1894-1961) American cartoonist and writer
    Essay (1958-12-07), “State of the Nation’s Humor: ‘On the Brink of Was,'” New York Times Magazine

    More about this quote: wist.info/thurber-james/82297/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jamesthurber #artist #dissent #humor #nation #paranoia #RedScare #suspicion #writer #writing #comedy #censorship

  35. A quotation from James Thurber

    The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth.

    James Thurber (1894-1961) American cartoonist and writer
    Essay (1958-12-07), “State of the Nation’s Humor: ‘On the Brink of Was,'” New York Times Magazine

    More about this quote: wist.info/thurber-james/82297/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jamesthurber #artist #dissent #humor #nation #paranoia #RedScare #suspicion #writer #writing #comedy #censorship

  36. A quotation from James Thurber

    The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth.

    James Thurber (1894-1961) American cartoonist and writer
    Essay (1958-12-07), “State of the Nation’s Humor: ‘On the Brink of Was,'” New York Times Magazine

    More about this quote: wist.info/thurber-james/82297/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jamesthurber #artist #dissent #humor #nation #paranoia #RedScare #suspicion #writer #writing #comedy #censorship

  37. A quotation from James Thurber

    The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth.

    James Thurber (1894-1961) American cartoonist and writer
    Essay (1958-12-07), “State of the Nation’s Humor: ‘On the Brink of Was,'” New York Times Magazine

    More about this quote: wist.info/thurber-james/82297/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jamesthurber #artist #dissent #humor #nation #paranoia #RedScare #suspicion #writer #writing #comedy #censorship

  38. All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.
    -- James Thurber

    #Wisdom #Quotes #JamesThurber #HumanBeings #Life

    #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Florida

  39. All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.
    -- James Thurber

    #Wisdom #Quotes #JamesThurber #HumanBeings #Life

    #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Florida

  40. All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.
    -- James Thurber

    #Wisdom #Quotes #JamesThurber #HumanBeings #Life

    #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Florida

  41. All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.
    -- James Thurber

    #Wisdom #Quotes #JamesThurber #HumanBeings #Life

    #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Florida

  42. All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.
    -- James Thurber

    #Wisdom #Quotes #JamesThurber #HumanBeings #Life

    #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Florida