The trouble with the lost generation is that it didn’t get lost enough.
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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Don’t count your boobies until they are hatched.
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Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.
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A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps.
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It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
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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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Mutual suspicions of mental inadequacy are common during the first year of any marriage.
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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
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Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.
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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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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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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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A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.
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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 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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Looks can be deceiving; it’s eating that’s believing.
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