I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell this at a glance – a sharp, vindictive glance.
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.
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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Let the meek inherit the earth — they have it coming to them.
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Reason is 6/7 of treason.
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Americans want to go to heaven without dying.
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Love is what you’ve been through with somebody.
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Two is company, four is a party, three is a crowd. One is a wanderer.
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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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Man is troubled by what might be called the Dog Wish, a strange and involved compulsion to be as happy and carefree as a dog.
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Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
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When all things are equal, translucence in writing is more effective than transparency, just as glow is more revealing than glare.
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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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Discussion in America means dissent.
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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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Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources, which must be preserved at all cost.
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So much has already been written about everything that you can’t find out anything about it.
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