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.
JAMES THURBERWhere most of us end up there is no knowing, but the hellbent get where they are going.
More James Thurber Quotes
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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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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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Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
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Love is what you’ve been through with somebody.
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The trouble with the lost generation is that it didn’t get lost enough.
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Don’t count your boobies until they are hatched.
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There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake.
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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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Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.
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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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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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A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.
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Let the meek inherit the earth — they have it coming to them.
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Reason is 6/7 of treason.
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