Mutual suspicions of mental inadequacy are common during the first year of any marriage.
JAMES THURBERThere is something about a poet which leads us to believe that he died, in many cases, as long as 20 years before his birth.
More James Thurber Quotes
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I always begin at the left with the opening word of the sentence and read toward the right and I recommend this method.
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Don’t get it right, just get it written.
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I write humor the way a surgeon operates, because it is a livelihood, because I have a great urge to do it, because many interesting challenges are set up, and because I have the hope it may do some good.
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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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There is something about a poet which leads us to believe that he died, in many cases, as long as 20 years before his birth.
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Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch up with himself in a great rear end collision.
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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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The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself.
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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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The trouble with the lost generation is that it didn’t get lost enough.
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The difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic.
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Looks can be deceiving; it’s eating that’s believing.
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Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake.
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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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