Art – the one achievement of man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised
JAMES THURBERLet the meek inherit the earth — they have it coming to them.
More James Thurber Quotes
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There are two kinds of light – the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
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When all things are equal, translucence in writing is more effective than transparency, just as glow is more revealing than glare.
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Americans want to go to heaven without dying.
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I can feel a thing I cannot touch and touch a thing I cannot feel. The first is sad and sorry, the second is your heart.
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Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.
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I write humor the way a surgeon operates, because it is a livelihood, because I have a great urge to do it, because many interesting challenges are set up, and because I have the hope it may do some good.
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Let the meek inherit the earth — they have it coming to them.
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Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
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She wasn’t much to look at but she was something to think about.
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All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.
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You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
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I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.
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So much has already been written about everything that you can’t find out anything about it.
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Two is company, four is a party, three is a crowd. One is a wanderer.
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Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.
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