I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.
JAMES THURBERYou can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
More James Thurber Quotes
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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.
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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.
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For one thing, she pronounced flowers ‘flars’ and I couldn’t let it slide.
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake.
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One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
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A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps.
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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 always begin at the left with the opening word of the sentence and read toward the right and I recommend this method.
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Reason is 6/7 of treason.
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The things we laugh at are awful while they are going on, but get funny when we look back. And other people laugh because they’ve been through it too. The closest thing to humor is tragedy.
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Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
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Don’t count your boobies until they are hatched.
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Let the meek inherit the earth — they have it coming to them.
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Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
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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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