Writers of comedy have outlook, whereas writers of tragedy have, according to them, insight.
JAMES THURBER- She wasn’t much to look at but she was something to think about.
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- black
- grey
- blue
- red
- brown
- white
She wasn’t much to look at but she was something to think about.
More James Thurber Quotes
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Don’t get it right, just get it written.
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Looks can be deceiving; it’s eating that’s believing.
JAMES THURBERLooks can be deceiving; it’s eating that’s believing.
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There are two kinds of light – the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
JAMES THURBERThere are two kinds of light – the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
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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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Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources, which must be preserved at all cost.
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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.
JAMES THURBERI 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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Beautiful things don’t ask for attention.
JAMES THURBERBeautiful things don’t ask for attention.
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So much has already been written about everything that you can’t find out anything about it.
JAMES THURBERSo much has already been written about everything that you can’t find out anything about it.
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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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The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms -hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal.
JAMES THURBERThe laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms -hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal.
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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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A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps.
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There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.
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I don’t believe the writer should know too much where he’s going. If he does, he runs into old man blueprintold man propaganda.
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With sixty staring me in the face, I have developed inflammation of the sentence structure and definite hardening of the paragraphs.
JAMES THURBERWith sixty staring me in the face, I have developed inflammation of the sentence structure and definite hardening of the paragraphs.
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