I have lived in the East for nearly thirty years now, but many of my books prove that I am never very far away from Ohio in my thoughts, and that the clocks that strike in my dreams are often the clocks of Columbus.
JAMES THURBERAll men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.
More James Thurber Quotes
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I was seized by the stern hand of Compulsion, that dark, unreasonable Urge that impels women to clean house in the middle of the night.
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You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.
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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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I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.
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Reason is 6/7 of treason.
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Beautiful things don’t ask for attention.
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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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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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I never quite know when I’m not writing. Sometimes my wife comes up to me at a party and says, “Dammit, Thurber, stop writing.” She usually catches me in the middle of a paragraph.
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Americans want to go to heaven without dying.
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A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps.
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Comedy has ceased to be a challenge to the mental processes. It has become a therapy of relaxation, a kind of tranquilizing drug.
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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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Mutual suspicions of mental inadequacy are common during the first year of any marriage.
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Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
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