I myself have known some profoundly thoughtful dogs.
JAMES THURBERTime is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long.
More James Thurber Quotes
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The things we laugh at are awful while they are going on, but get funny when we look back. And other people laugh because they’ve been through it too. The closest thing to humor is tragedy.
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Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
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The trouble with the lost generation is that it didn’t get lost enough.
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Looks can be deceiving; it’s eating that’s believing.
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I never really rallied after the birth of my first child.
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Beautiful things don’t ask for attention.
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I always begin at the left with the opening word of the sentence and read toward the right and I recommend this method.
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The difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic.
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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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Americans want to go to heaven without dying.
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Writers of comedy have outlook, whereas writers of tragedy have, according to them, insight.
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Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.
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There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.
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I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.
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A false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.
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