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James Thurber quotes: Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around us in awareness. Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around us in awareness.
James Thurber quotes: Discussion in America means dissent. Discussion in America means dissent.
James Thurber quotes: Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else? Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?
James Thurber quotes: Some American writers who have known each other for years have never met in the daytime or when both were sober. Some American writers who have known each other for years have never met in the daytime or when both were sober.
James Thurber quotes: Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness. Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.
James Thurber quotes: It is all but impossible to sit quietly by when someone is throwing salad plates. It is all but impossible to sit quietly by when someone is throwing salad plates.
James Thurber quotes: (Cartoon caption I never really rallied after the birth of my first child. (Cartoon caption I never really rallied after the birth of my first child.
James Thurber quotes: These are the days of bootleg love. These are the days of bootleg love.
James Thurber quotes: You can fool too many of the people too much of the time. Fables for Our Time, Moral of "The Owl Who Was God" (1940) You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
Fables for Our Time, Moral of "The Owl Who Was God" (1940)
James Thurber quotes: I could have killed Gregory Fitzhurst at three hundred feet with my left hand. I could have killed Gregory Fitzhurst at three hundred feet with my left hand.
James Thurber quotes: Geep,' whuppled the parrot. Geep,' whuppled the parrot.
James Thurber quotes: It had only one fault. It was kind of lousy. It had only one fault. It was kind of lousy.
James Thurber quotes: 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. 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 Thurber quotes: To see things thousands of miles away, things hidden behind walls and within rooms, things dangerous to come to, to draw closer, to see and be amazed. To see things thousands of miles away, things hidden behind walls and within rooms, things dangerous to come to, to draw closer, to see and be amazed.
James Thurber quotes: You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward. You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.
James Thurber quotes: The oyster is a blob of glup, but a woman is a woman. The oyster is a blob of glup, but a woman is a woman.
James Thurber quotes: Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone? Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
James Thurber quotes: A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands. A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.
James Thurber quotes: Let the meek inherit the earth they have it coming to them. Let the meek inherit the earth
they have it coming to them.
James Thurber quotes: He knows all about art, but he doesn't know what he likes. He knows all about art, but he doesn't know what he likes.
James Thurber quotes: I won't be listed and labeled or tabbed and tagged," said Clode. "If I want a book, I'll get a book. I won't be listed and labeled or tabbed and tagged," said Clode. "If I want a book, I'll get a book.
James Thurber quotes: Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch up with himself in a great rear end collision. Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch up with himself in a great rear end collision.
James Thurber quotes: Humor and pathos, tears and laughter are, in the highest expression of human character and achievement, inseparable. Humor and pathos, tears and laughter are, in the highest expression of human character and achievement, inseparable.
James Thurber quotes: I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere. I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.
James Thurber quotes: Unless artists can remember what it was to be a little boy, they are only half complete as artist and as man. Unless artists can remember what it was to be a little boy, they are only half complete as artist and as man.
James Thurber quotes: A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps. A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps.
James Thurber quotes: Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources, which must be preserved at all cost. Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources, which must be preserved at all cost.
James Thurber quotes: It is better to ask some of the questions than to know all the answers. It is better to ask some of the questions than to know all the answers.
James Thurber quotes: When man gives up on reforming and inspiring society he also gives up his freedom. When man gives up on reforming and inspiring society he also gives up his freedom.
James Thurber quotes: The paths of glory at least lead to the Grave, but the paths of duty may not get you Anywhere. The paths of glory at least lead to the Grave, but the paths of duty may not get you Anywhere.
James Thurber quotes: This is the posture of fortunes slave: one foot in the gravy, one foot in the grave. This is the posture of fortunes slave: one foot in the gravy, one foot in the grave.
James Thurber quotes: The pounding of the cylinders increased: ta-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa. The pounding of the cylinders increased: ta-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa.
James Thurber quotes: Where most of us end up there is no knowing, but the hellbent get where they are going. Where most of us end up there is no knowing, but the hellbent get where they are going.
James Thurber quotes: Last night I dreamed of a small consolation enjoyed only by the blind: Nobody knows the trouble I've not seen. Last night I dreamed of a small consolation enjoyed only by the blind: Nobody knows the trouble I've not seen.
James Thurber quotes: We all have faults, mine is being wicked. We all have faults, mine is being wicked.
James Thurber quotes: The trouble with the lost generation is that it didn't get lost enough. The trouble with the lost generation is that it didn't get lost enough.
James Thurber quotes: The most dangerous food is wedding cake. The most dangerous food is wedding cake.
James Thurber quotes: Dogs are obsessed with being happy. Dogs are obsessed with being happy.
James Thurber quotes: The jewels of sorrow last forever The jewels of sorrow last forever
James Thurber quotes: But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep? But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep?
James Thurber quotes: You can fool too many people, too much of the time. You can fool too many people, too much of the time.
James Thurber quotes: There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures. There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
James Thurber quotes: When all things are equal, translucence in writing is more effective than transparency, just as glow is more revealing than glare. When all things are equal, translucence in writing is more effective than transparency, just as glow is more revealing than glare.
James Thurber quotes: Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man. Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man.
James Thurber quotes: To call such persons "humorists", a loose-fitting and ugly word, is to miss the nature of their dilemma and the dilemma of their nature. To call such persons "humorists", a loose-fitting and ugly word, is to miss the nature of their dilemma and the dilemma of their nature.
James Thurber quotes: Don't get it right, just get it written. Don't get it right, just get it written.
James Thurber quotes: I hate women because they always know where things are. I hate women because they always know where things are.
James Thurber quotes: You'll never live to wed his niece. You'll only die to feed his geese. You'll never live to wed his niece. You'll only die to feed his geese.
James Thurber quotes: Well, I'm disenchanted, too. We're all disenchanted. Well, I'm disenchanted, too. We're all disenchanted.
James Thurber quotes: With sixty staring me in the face, I have developed inflammation of the sentence structure and definite hardening of the paragraphs. With sixty staring me in the face, I have developed inflammation of the sentence structure and definite hardening of the paragraphs.
James Thurber quotes: Muggs was always sorry, Mother said, when he bit someone, but we could never understand how she figured this out. He didn't act sorry. Muggs was always sorry, Mother said, when he bit someone, but we could never understand how she figured this out. He didn't act sorry.
James Thurber quotes: If I have sometimes seemed to make fun of Woman, I assure you it has only been for the purpose of egging her on. If I have sometimes seemed to make fun of Woman, I assure you it has only been for the purpose of egging her on.
James Thurber quotes: Against the may, the could be, and the should, folly 'tis to balance doubt or hope. Against the may, the could be, and the should, folly 'tis to balance doubt or hope.
James Thurber quotes: Mutual suspicions of mental inadequacy are common during the first year of any marriage. Mutual suspicions of mental inadequacy are common during the first year of any marriage.
James Thurber quotes: A husband should not insult his wife publicly, at parties. He should insult her in the privacy of the home. A husband should not insult his wife publicly, at parties. He should insult her in the privacy of the home.
James Thurber quotes: If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons. If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.
James Thurber quotes: A false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act. A false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.
James Thurber quotes: A woman's place is in the wrong. A woman's place is in the wrong.
James Thurber quotes: I am the Golux, the only Golux in the world and not a mere device I am the Golux, the only Golux in the world and not a mere device
James Thurber quotes: Though statisticians in our time have never kept the score, Man wants a great deal here below and Woman even more. Though statisticians in our time have never kept the score, Man wants a great deal here below and Woman even more.
James Thurber quotes: She has a memory of trees and fields and nothing more. She has a memory of trees and fields and nothing more.
James Thurber quotes: No male can beat a female in the long run because they have it over us in sheer, damn longevity. No male can beat a female in the long run because they have it over us in sheer, damn longevity.
James Thurber quotes: The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man has frequently dragged the dog down to his. The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man has frequently dragged the dog down to his.
James Thurber quotes: Women deserve to have more than 12 years between 28 and 40. Women deserve to have more than 12 years between 28 and 40.
James Thurber quotes: So much has already been written about everything that you can't find out anything about it. So much has already been written about everything that you can't find out anything about it.
James Thurber quotes: Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility. Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
James Thurber quotes: Early to rise and early to bed makes a male healthy, wealthy, and dead. Early to rise and early to bed makes a male healthy, wealthy, and dead.
James Thurber quotes: He who hesitates is sometimes saved. He who hesitates is sometimes saved.
James Thurber quotes: The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel. The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel.
James Thurber quotes: In other countries, art and literature are left to a lot of shabby bums living in attics and feeding on booze and spaghetti. In other countries, art and literature are left to a lot of shabby bums living in attics and feeding on booze and spaghetti.
James Thurber quotes: I'll never know the right answer for sex and marriage, sense and mirage. I'll never know the right answer for sex and marriage, sense and mirage.
James Thurber quotes: The Old Man ain't afraid of hell The Old Man ain't afraid of hell
James Thurber quotes: Laughter need not be cut out of anything, since it improves everything. Laughter need not be cut out of anything, since it improves everything.
James Thurber quotes: At least she's not guilty of integrity, and that's more than I can say of any Bell in four generations except my grandfather and myself. At least she's not guilty of integrity, and that's more than I can say of any Bell in four generations except my grandfather and myself.
James Thurber quotes: Don't count your boobies until they are hatched. Don't count your boobies until they are hatched.
James Thurber quotes: Let us not look back to the past with anger, nor towards the future with fear, but look around with awareness. Let us not look back to the past with anger, nor towards the future with fear, but look around with awareness.
James Thurber quotes: I always begin at the left with the opening word of the sentence and read toward the right and I recommend this method. I always begin at the left with the opening word of the sentence and read toward the right and I recommend this method.
James Thurber quotes: I would be the last person to say that madness is not a solution. I would be the last person to say that madness is not a solution.
James Thurber quotes: I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell this at a glance - a sharp, vindictive glance. I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell this at a glance - a sharp, vindictive glance.
James Thurber quotes: Her own mother lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all over the house. Her own mother lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all over the house.
James Thurber quotes: Man has always assumed that his is the highest form of life in the universe. There is, of course, nothing at all with which to sustain this view. Man has always assumed that his is the highest form of life in the universe. There is, of course, nothing at all with which to sustain this view.
James Thurber quotes: Lately, I have been wondering if there is time left for daydreaming in this 21st-century world of constant communication. Lately, I have been wondering if there is time left for daydreaming in this 21st-century world of constant communication.
James Thurber quotes: One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough. One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
James Thurber quotes: For one thing, she pronounced flowers 'flars' and I couldn't let it slide. For one thing, she pronounced flowers 'flars' and I couldn't let it slide.
James Thurber quotes: Two is company, four is a party, three is a crowd. One is a wanderer. Two is company, four is a party, three is a crowd. One is a wanderer.
James Thurber quotes: I'm sixty-five and I guess that puts me in with the geriatrics, but if there were fifteen months in every year, I'd only be forty-eight. I'm sixty-five and I guess that puts me in with the geriatrics, but if there were fifteen months in every year, I'd only be forty-eight.
James Thurber quotes: You mere device," he gnarled. "You platitude! Your Gollux ex machina! You mere device," he gnarled. "You platitude! Your Gollux ex machina!
James Thurber quotes: You have made the moon," The Jester said. "That is the moon. You have made the moon," The Jester said. "That is the moon.
James Thurber quotes: There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception. There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.
James Thurber quotes: The unicorn is a mythical beast, The unicorn is a mythical beast,
James Thurber quotes: The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal. The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal.
James Thurber quotes: Surely no other American institution is so bound around and tightened up by rules, strictures, adages, and superstitions as the Broadway theatre. Surely no other American institution is so bound around and tightened up by rules, strictures, adages, and superstitions as the Broadway theatre.
James Thurber quotes: Men are more interesting than women, but women ae more fascinating. Men are more interesting than women, but women ae more fascinating.
James Thurber quotes: Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more. Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.
James Thurber quotes: Remember laughter. You'll need it even in the blessed isles of Ever After. Remember laughter. You'll need it even in the blessed isles of Ever After.
James Thurber quotes: Love is the strange bewilderment that overtakes one person on account of another person. Love is the strange bewilderment that overtakes one person on account of another person.
James Thurber quotes: I have the reputation for having read all of Henry James. Which would argue a misspent youth and middle age. I have the reputation for having read all of Henry James. Which would argue a misspent youth and middle age.
James Thurber quotes: I hate women because they have brought into the currency of our language such expressions as "all righty" and "yes indeedy" and hundreds of others. I 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 Thurber quotes: There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else. There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.
James Thurber quotes: There was a mist of moss to ride through and a storm of glass. There was a mist of moss to ride through and a storm of glass.

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