I never really rallied after the birth of my first child.
JAMES THURBEROne martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
More James Thurber Quotes
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A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.
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The trouble with the lost generation is that it didn’t get lost enough.
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Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.
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Americans want to go to heaven without dying.
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Looks can be deceiving; it’s eating that’s believing.
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Art – the one achievement of man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised
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Humor and pathos, tears and laughter are, in the highest expression of human character and achievement, inseparable.
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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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I was seized by the stern hand of Compulsion, that dark, unreasonable Urge that impels women to clean house in the middle of the night.
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Two is company, four is a party, three is a crowd. One is a wanderer.
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I myself have known some profoundly thoughtful dogs.
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You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
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Don’t count your boobies until they are hatched.
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The unicorn is a mythical beast.
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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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