Thurber can refer to:
People:
- James Thurber (1894-1961), American humorist and cartoonist
- Alexandre Thurber (1871-1958), Quebec industrialist and politician
- Charles Thurber a black man lynched in 1882
- Charles Thurber (inventor), who contributed innovations to the early typewriter
- James A. Thurber, political science professor
- Jeannette Thurber (1850-1946), a major patron of classical music in the United States
- Rawson Marshall Thurber (born 1975), American filmmaker
- Tom Thurber, Canadian politician
Other uses:
- Thurber, Texas, a ghost town
- Thurber House, a literary center named after James Thurber
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Famous quotes containing the word thurber:
“Comedy has to be done en clair. You can’t blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear.”
—James Thurber (1894–1961)
“The sanity of the average banquet speaker lasts about two and a half months; at the end of that time he begins to mutter to himself, and calls out in his sleep.”
—James Thurber (1894–1961)
“My opposition [to interviews] lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or grace of expression, and that such oral give and take helps to perpetuate the decline of the English language.”
—James Thurber (1894–1961)