Love is what you’ve been through with somebody.
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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The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself.
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I was seized by the stern hand of Compulsion, that dark, unreasonable Urge that impels women to clean house in the middle of the night.
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The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms -hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal.
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Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.
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A false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.
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Art – the one achievement of man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised
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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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There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.
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Writers of comedy have outlook, whereas writers of tragedy have, according to them, insight.
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Don’t get it right, just get it written.
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Two is company, four is a party, three is a crowd. One is a wanderer.
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Unless artists can remember what it was to be a little boy, they are only half complete as artist and as man.
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A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.
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It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
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Beautiful things don’t ask for attention.
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