The difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic.
JAMES THURBERI myself have known some profoundly thoughtful dogs.
More James Thurber Quotes
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The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself.
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One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
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Discussion in America means dissent.
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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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A false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.
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Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.
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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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If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.
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Beautiful things don’t ask for attention.
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I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell this at a glance – a sharp, vindictive glance.
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I 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.
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Unless artists can remember what it was to be a little boy, they are only half complete as artist and as man.
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I myself have known some profoundly thoughtful dogs.
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Reason is 6/7 of treason.
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake.
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