Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.
JAMES THURBERHumor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
More James Thurber Quotes
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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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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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Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long.
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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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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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The trouble with the lost generation is that it didn’t get lost enough.
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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.
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Where most of us end up there is no knowing, but the hellbent get where they are going.
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Man is troubled by what might be called the Dog Wish, a strange and involved compulsion to be as happy and carefree as a dog.
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A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.
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I myself have known some profoundly thoughtful dogs.
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I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell this at a glance – a sharp, vindictive glance.
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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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Don’t count your boobies until they are hatched.
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Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
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