I always begin at the left with the opening word of the sentence and read toward the right and I recommend this method.
JAMES THURBERI 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.
More James Thurber Quotes
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Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake.
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Don’t count your boobies until they are hatched.
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Man is troubled by what might be called the Dog Wish, a strange and involved compulsion to be as happy and carefree as a dog.
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The trouble with the lost generation is that it didn’t get lost enough.
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You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
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Beautiful things don’t ask for attention.
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Discussion in America means dissent.
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Two is company, four is a party, three is a crowd. One is a wanderer.
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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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The unicorn is a mythical beast.
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Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.
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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.
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Comedy has ceased to be a challenge to the mental processes. It has become a therapy of relaxation, a kind of tranquilizing drug.
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Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
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