Reason is 6/7 of treason.
JAMES THURBERWhen all things are equal, translucence in writing is more effective than transparency, just as glow is more revealing than glare.
More James Thurber Quotes
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Americans want to go to heaven without dying.
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The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself.
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If you wonder which is the stronger sex, watch which one twists the other around her little finger.
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I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.
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You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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She wasn’t much to look at but she was something to think about.
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Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
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Discussion in America means dissent.
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Don’t get it right, just get it written.
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One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
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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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