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.
JAMES THURBERAmericans want to go to heaven without dying.
More James Thurber Quotes
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It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
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You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
JAMES THURBERYou can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
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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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But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep?
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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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With sixty staring me in the face, I have developed inflammation of the sentence structure and definite hardening of the paragraphs.
JAMES THURBERWith sixty staring me in the face, I have developed inflammation of the sentence structure and definite hardening of the paragraphs.
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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.
JAMES THURBERThe 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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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 never really rallied after the birth of my first child.
JAMES THURBERI never really rallied after the birth of my first child.
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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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All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.
JAMES THURBERAll men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.
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Somebody has said that woman’s place is in the wrong. That’s fine. What the wrong needs is a woman’s presence and a woman’s touch. She is far better equipped than men to set it right.
JAMES THURBERSomebody has said that woman’s place is in the wrong. That’s fine. What the wrong needs is a woman’s presence and a woman’s touch. She is far better equipped than men to set it right.
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She wasn’t much to look at but she was something to think about.
JAMES THURBERShe wasn’t much to look at but she was something to think about.
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Don’t count your boobies until they are hatched.
JAMES THURBERDon’t count your boobies until they are hatched.
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So much has already been written about everything that you can’t find out anything about it.
JAMES THURBERSo much has already been written about everything that you can’t find out anything about it.
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