I have lived in the East for nearly thirty years now, but many of my books prove that I am never very far away from Ohio in my thoughts, and that the clocks that strike in my dreams are often the clocks of Columbus.
JAMES THURBERI 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.
More James Thurber Quotes
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There are two kinds of light – the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
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A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.
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Comedy has to be done en clair. You can’t blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear.
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The unicorn is a mythical beast.
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One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
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Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.
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A false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.
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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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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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Art – the one achievement of man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised
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Reason is 6/7 of treason.
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Two is company, four is a party, three is a crowd. One is a wanderer.
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Beautiful things don’t ask for attention.
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Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man.
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The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms -hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal.
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