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.
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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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.
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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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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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I myself have known some profoundly thoughtful dogs.
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The trouble with the lost generation is that it didn’t get lost enough.
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Looks can be deceiving; it’s eating that’s believing.
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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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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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Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.
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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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For one thing, she pronounced flowers ‘flars’ and I couldn’t let it slide.
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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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There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.
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It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
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Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.
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