WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Sat, 05 Sep 2026 16:51:57 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg funniness – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Thurber, James -- Essay (1958-12-07), “State of the Nation’s Humor: ‘On the Brink of Was,'” New York Times Magazine https://wist.info/thurber-james/82660/ https://wist.info/thurber-james/82660/#respond Wed, 11 Mar 2026 17:06:51 +0000 Dave https://wist.info/?p=82660 America must learn that humor, whatever form it may take, can be one of our strongest allies, but it cannot flourish in a weather of fear and hysteria and intimidation.


James Thurber (1894–1961) American humorist, cartoonist, writer
Essay (1958-12-07), “State of the Nation’s Humor: ‘On the Brink of Was,'” New York Times Magazine
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