Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch up with himself in a great rear end collision.
JAMES THURBERLet us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.
More James Thurber Quotes
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Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch up with himself in a great rear end collision.
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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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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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Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.
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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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Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.
JAMES THURBERProgress was all right. Only it went on too long.
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A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.
JAMES THURBERA burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.
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Don’t get it right, just get it written.
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There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.
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I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.
JAMES THURBERI think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.
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I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed.
JAMES THURBERI do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed.
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There are two kinds of light – the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
JAMES THURBERThere are two kinds of light – the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
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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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A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps.
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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.
JAMES THURBERI 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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Let the meek inherit the earth — they have it coming to them.
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