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James Thurber79 quotes“If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.”
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Don’t count your boobies until they are hatched.
James ThurberJames Thurber The unicorn is a mythical beast.
James ThurberJames Thurber All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.
James ThurberJames Thurber A false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.
James ThurberJames Thurber The difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic.
James ThurberJames Thurber Americans want to go to heaven without dying.
James ThurberJames Thurber The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody’s guess.
James ThurberJames Thurber If you wonder which is the stronger sex, watch which one twists the other around her little finger.
James ThurberJames Thurber I myself have known some profoundly thoughtful dogs.
James ThurberJames Thurber When all things are equal, translucence in writing is more effective than transparency, just as glow is more revealing than glare.
James ThurberJames Thurber The act of writing is either something the writer dreads or actually likes, and I actually like it. Even re-writing’s fun. You’re getting somewhere, whether it seems to move or not.
James ThurberJames Thurber You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
James ThurberJames Thurber Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.
James ThurberJames Thurber For one thing, she pronounced flowers ‘flars’ and I couldn’t let it slide.
James ThurberJames Thurber Love is what you’ve been through with somebody.
James ThurberJames Thurber Let the meek inherit the earth — they have it coming to them.
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True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.
Charles Caleb ColtonCharles Caleb Colton To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it: the pains of power are real, its pleasures imaginary.
Charles Caleb ColtonCharles Caleb Colton You are already free. You only have to know and realize this truth.
SivanandaSivananda It’s a strange thing, you have said it thousands of times I am sure…you will never know what you can do until you try. However the sad truth is, that most people never try anything until they know they can do it.
Bob ProctorBob Proctor Happiness is the natural state for someone who knows that there’s nothing to know.
Byron KatieByron Katie Do you want to know what you think about most of the time? Take a look at the results you’re getting. That will tell you exactly what’s going on inside.
Bob ProctorBob Proctor They feel it is… artificial and not what we want to be known for.
Adam LeipzigAdam Leipzig There is a tricycle in man. He knows, he feels and acts. He has emotion, intellect and will. He must develop head, heart and hand.
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