Man is troubled by what might be called the Dog Wish, a strange and involved compulsion to be as happy and carefree as a dog
James ThurberI am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell this at a glance - a sharp, vindictive glance.
James ThurberI hate women because they have brought into the currency of our language such expressions as "all righty" and "yes indeedy" and hundreds of others.
James ThurberI have figured for you the distance between the horns of a dilemma, night and day, and A and Z. I have computed how far is Up, how long it takes to get Away, and what becomes of Gone. I have discovered the length of the sea serpent, the price of priceless, and the square of the hippopotamus. I know where you are when you are at Sixes and Sevens, how much Is you have to have to make an Are, and how many birds you can catch with the salt in the ocean - 187,796,132, if it would interest you.
James Thurber