If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.
JAMES THURBERNowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.
More James Thurber Quotes
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You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.
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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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One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
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The unicorn is a mythical beast.
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Writers of comedy have outlook, whereas writers of tragedy have, according to them, insight.
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If you wonder which is the stronger sex, watch which one twists the other around her little finger.
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Looks can be deceiving; it’s eating that’s believing.
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Where most of us end up there is no knowing, but the hellbent get where they are going.
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Let the meek inherit the earth — they have it coming to them.
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A false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.
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Beautiful things don’t ask for attention.
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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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Don’t get it right, just get it written.
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A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.
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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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