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 THURBERDiscussion in America means dissent.
More James Thurber Quotes
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Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man.
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Writers of comedy have outlook, whereas writers of tragedy have, according to them, insight.
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I never really rallied after the birth of my first child.
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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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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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Humor and pathos, tears and laughter are, in the highest expression of human character and achievement, inseparable.
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Discussion in America means dissent.
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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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Love is what you’ve been through with somebody.
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The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody’s guess.
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I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.
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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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Let the meek inherit the earth — they have it coming to them.
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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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The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of the dog, for the clearly demonstrable reason that Man is the more laughable of the two animals
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