With sixty staring me in the face, I have developed inflammation of the sentence structure and definite hardening of the paragraphs.
JAMES THURBERProgress was all right. Only it went on too long.
More James Thurber Quotes
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A false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.
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Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.
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The trouble with the lost generation is that it didn’t get lost enough.
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake.
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Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.
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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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All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.
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Humor and pathos, tears and laughter are, in the highest expression of human character and achievement, inseparable.
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Two is company, four is a party, three is a crowd. One is a wanderer.
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I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.
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Discussion in America means dissent.
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Love is what you’ve been through with somebody.
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Comedy has ceased to be a challenge to the mental processes. It has become a therapy of relaxation, a kind of tranquilizing drug.
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Americans want to go to heaven without dying.
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I never quite know when I’m not writing. Sometimes my wife comes up to me at a party and says, “Dammit, Thurber, stop writing.” She usually catches me in the middle of a paragraph.
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