There are two kinds of light – the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
JAMES THURBERProgress was all right. Only it went on too long.
More James Thurber Quotes
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Reason is 6/7 of treason.
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I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed.
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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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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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It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
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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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Don’t get it right, just get it written.
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Boys are beyond the range of anybody’s sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months and 90 years.
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One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
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Let the meek inherit the earth — they have it coming to them.
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Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.
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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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A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.
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Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
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Art – the one achievement of man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised
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