James Thurber

She opens with this classic quote: "When told by a reader that his stories read better in French, James Thurber replied, 'Yes, I tend to lose something in the original.'"

languagehat.com: TALES OF TRANSLATION. 2004

My father used to drink with James Thurber which is to say he carried JT home.

Toasting Killer Yapp Miss Snark 2006

Go back and browse through even gentle, warmhearted liberals of the recent past such as James Thurber and you will be dumbstruck by the racial jokes in some of the pieces.

Judging Our Presidents 2008

Some of the quotations, such as James Thurber's deathbed "God bless.

The Long Road to the End 2008

Some of the quotations, such as James Thurber's deathbed "God bless.

The Long Road to the End 2008

I do still think our house is haunted: but, by the ghost of James Thurber; not poltergeists.

Elizabeth Boleman-Herring: The Squirrel Amongst the Razors in Occam's Butter Churn Elizabeth Boleman-Herring 2012

I do still think our house is haunted: but, by the ghost of James Thurber; not poltergeists.

Elizabeth Boleman-Herring: The Squirrel Amongst the Razors in Occam's Butter Churn Elizabeth Boleman-Herring 2012

Giving no reason for the departure, Olbermann ended by calmly reading aloud a piece by James Thurber before signing off with the words: "Good night and good luck."

Keith Olbermann abruptly dropped by NBC | Richard Adams 2011

"It's likely we'll have deadlock right into Christmas," predicts political scientist James Thurber of American University in Washington.

Last-minute budget deal ups the political ante 2011

But those lines, so ably depicted by James Thurber, give no hint of an answer to a more troubling question that arises this time of year: Why are the best of songs about spring—so sad?

The Sad Songs of Spring Con Chapman 2011