Things have dropped from me. I have outlived certain desires; I have lost friends, some by death… others through sheer inability to cross the street.
JAMES THURBERYou can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
More James Thurber Quotes
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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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Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.
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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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It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
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There are two kinds of light – the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
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The unicorn is a mythical beast.
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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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I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.
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History is replete with proofs, from Cato the Elder to Kennedy the Younger, that if you scratch a statesman you find an actor, but it is becoming harder and harder, in our time, to tell government from show business.
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Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.
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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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Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.
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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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The act of writing is either something the writer dreads or actually likes, and I actually like it. Even re-writing’s fun. You’re getting somewhere, whether it seems to move or not.
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You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
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