The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of the dog, for the clearly demonstrable reason that Man is the more laughable of the two animals
JAMES THURBERSomebody has said that woman’s place is in the wrong. That’s fine. What the wrong needs is a woman’s presence and a woman’s touch. She is far better equipped than men to set it right.
More James Thurber Quotes
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A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps.
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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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You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.
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But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep?
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Somebody has said that woman’s place is in the wrong. That’s fine. What the wrong needs is a woman’s presence and a woman’s touch. She is far better equipped than men to set it right.
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When all things are equal, translucence in writing is more effective than transparency, just as glow is more revealing than glare.
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Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.
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I myself have known some profoundly thoughtful dogs.
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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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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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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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Mutual suspicions of mental inadequacy are common during the first year of any marriage.
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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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The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself.
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The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody’s guess.
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