You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
JAMES THURBERWomen are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.
More James Thurber Quotes
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You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
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Comedy has to be done en clair. You can’t blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear.
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Boys are beyond the range of anybody’s sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months and 90 years.
JAMES THURBERBoys are beyond the range of anybody’s sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months and 90 years.
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For one thing, she pronounced flowers ‘flars’ and I couldn’t let it slide.
JAMES THURBERFor one thing, she pronounced flowers ‘flars’ and I couldn’t let it slide.
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The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody’s guess.
JAMES THURBERThe past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody’s guess.
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Writers of comedy have outlook, whereas writers of tragedy have, according to them, insight.
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Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.
JAMES THURBERProgress was all right. Only it went on too long.
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Mutual suspicions of mental inadequacy are common during the first year of any marriage.
JAMES THURBERMutual suspicions of mental inadequacy are common during the first year of any marriage.
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A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.
JAMES THURBERA burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.
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Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch up with himself in a great rear end collision.
JAMES THURBERMan is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch up with himself in a great rear end collision.
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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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I myself have known some profoundly thoughtful dogs.
JAMES THURBERI myself have known some profoundly thoughtful dogs.
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There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.
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The trouble with the lost generation is that it didn’t get lost enough.
JAMES THURBERThe trouble with the lost generation is that it didn’t get lost enough.
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake.
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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
JAMES THURBERThe 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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