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 THURBERWomen are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.
More James Thurber Quotes
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If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.
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The trouble with the lost generation is that it didn’t get lost enough.
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There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.
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She wasn’t much to look at but she was something to think about.
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You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
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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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There are two kinds of light – the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
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I never really rallied after the birth of my first child.
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I always begin at the left with the opening word of the sentence and read toward the right and I recommend this method.
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake.
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Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
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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.
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Let the meek inherit the earth — they have it coming to them.
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Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.
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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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