James Thurber

Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months read more

Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months and 90 years.

Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness. -James Thurber.

Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness. -James Thurber.

I loathe the expression "What makes him tick." It is the American mind, looking for simple and singular solution, that read more

I loathe the expression "What makes him tick." It is the American mind, looking for simple and singular solution, that uses the foolish expression. A person not only ticks, he also chimes and strikes the hour, falls and breaks and has to be put together again, and sometimes stops like an electric clock in a thunderstorm.

The paths of glory at least lead to the grave, but the paths of duty may not get you any read more

The paths of glory at least lead to the grave, but the paths of duty may not get you any where.

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

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