It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
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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Where most of us end up there is no knowing, but the hellbent get where they are going.
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Discussion in America means dissent.
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I don’t believe the writer should know too much where he’s going. If he does, he runs into old man blueprintold man propaganda.
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For one thing, she pronounced flowers ‘flars’ and I couldn’t let it slide.
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Love is what you’ve been through with somebody.
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Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
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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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Beautiful things don’t ask for attention.
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Let the meek inherit the earth — they have it coming to them.
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Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.
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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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Looks can be deceiving; it’s eating that’s believing.
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Mutual suspicions of mental inadequacy are common during the first year of any marriage.
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All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.
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Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long.
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