``I have arrived at what I call Thurber's Law, which is that scientists don't really know anything about anything. From Wordnik.com. [What are some irrational things that's intelligent, educated people believe in?] Reference
Eric, Thurber is wonderful but probably doesn't fit. From Wordnik.com. [Billings Blog] Reference
Comparing him to James Thurber is a cautious move -- others have gone straight for Mark Twain. From Wordnik.com. [David Sedaris, sharing his slights-of-life tales] Reference
That, I suppose, is like Harold Ross's defense of James Thurber, when someone called Thurber a "fifth-rate artist.". From Wordnik.com. [New low reached ...] Reference
Prosecutors call Thurber's friend Austin Almeda to the stand. From Wordnik.com. [KAKE - HomePage - Headlines] Reference
I remember noticing the lack of comments in Thurber’s writing. From Wordnik.com. [Comma Wars] Reference
"Thurber," I said, "you snore like a pig and I can't sleep. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: Dogwalker by Arthur Bradford] Reference
Thurber, James tide in the affairs of men, There is a. From Wordnik.com. [6. Literature in English] Reference
Thurber didn't see any necessity of life after death. From Wordnik.com. [It's Kurt Vonnegut's birthday, the first since his death.] Reference
'ToucheV I said gracefully - like the Thurber cartoon. From Wordnik.com. [The Gates of Noon]
I know I've written here about James Thurber and humor. From Wordnik.com. [A book for a tree: An interview with Eco-Libris co-founder Raz Godelnik] Reference
Thurber has a chapter on how to tell love from passion. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary's problems.] Reference
Thurber, Matthew 1-800-MICE /Brooklyn Picture Box 2007 no. From Wordnik.com. [New Library Comics: Week of July 9, 2007] Reference
That being said, Thurber is one of my favorite storytellers. From Wordnik.com. ["Why is it that a thing like that — watching a bottle melt in a fire — is such a guy thing — so fascinating for us, so incomprehensible to women?"] Reference
When Thurber died in 1961, White remembered the period fondly. From Wordnik.com. [Libido Lite] Reference
Now Olbermann plans to read a James Thurber story every Friday. From Wordnik.com. [Authors and others] Reference
Don't go to Nietzsche and Thurber for anything other than the Women!. From Wordnik.com. ["Why is it that a thing like that — watching a bottle melt in a fire — is such a guy thing — so fascinating for us, so incomprehensible to women?"] Reference
Thurber said he was a good cook and would prepare fine meals for me. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: Dogwalker by Arthur Bradford] Reference
"Bishop Thurber!" the name was repeated with the force of an expletive. From Wordnik.com. [Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley] Reference
And if you want someone from Back When, I'm going to say James Thurber. From Wordnik.com. [MIND MELD: The Funniest Writers in the History of SF/F] Reference
And here's the other quote on my wall ... just to the left of the Thurber. From Wordnik.com. [May I Quote You?] Reference
At least according to Thurber, who's trying to get him remembered somehow. From Wordnik.com. [Blogger(s) triumph.] Reference
For what it's worth, here's James Thurber, ca. 1950, on a similar incident. From Wordnik.com. [Wen suchet ihr?] Reference
Thurber said he never did anything worthwhile until he started raising Scotties. From Wordnik.com. ["I used to feel that I spent too much of my time in my pajamas doing nothing..."] Reference
An aside: Since I adore Thurber, I rather resent his appearance as a case of contrivance. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-04-01] Reference
I love Thurber and EB White and there are great lost writers there, like Joseph Mitchell. From Wordnik.com. [Create-a-curriculum] Reference
Thurber describes the scene of a dog fight breaking out in the street, in ``A Snapshot of Rex''. From Wordnik.com. [Is there a free speech right to sell and to own graphic videos of dogs fighting?] Reference
Meyer eventually had to design the ring herself with the aid of Portland-based jeweler Rick Thurber. From Wordnik.com. [TWILIGHT SAGA NEWS FOR JUNE 15TH:INTERVIEWS, INTERVIEWS, & INTERVIEWS! | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews] Reference
Thurber said whenever I hear a clock ` s chimes in my dreams it ` s a clock of Columbus, Columbus, Ohio. From Wordnik.com. [Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town] Reference
"It's amazing it's still competitive," said James Thurber, a political scientist at American University. From Wordnik.com. [Obama: Six things he must do before Nov. 4] Reference
Thurber, who spent part of the day following the abduction with Ricci, said he was acting really different. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 3, 2002] Reference
I didn't expect to buy anything, but I thought Thurber would feel complimented by such a man as myself calling upon him. From Wordnik.com. [A Man of Samples Something about the men he met "On the Road"] Reference
She grinned impishly, then shot across the room to Kris, who was sitting on the floor next to Thurber, one of Janis's dogs. From Wordnik.com. [Buried Alive, The Biography of Janis Joplin]
Keillor is a great deal closer to Thurber than to his other predecessors, but in either mode it is an interestingly persistent theme. From Wordnik.com. [Boys Will Be Boys] Reference
Thurber insisted that the conservatory be open to all, regardless of students 'ability to pay and, even more remarkably, who they were. From Wordnik.com. [Chicago's Date With Dvorak] Reference
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