All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.
JAMES THURBERDon’t get it right, just get it written.
More James Thurber Quotes
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I never really rallied after the birth of my first child.
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Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
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Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.
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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.
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One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
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A false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.
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Reason is 6/7 of treason.
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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.
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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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I write humor the way a surgeon operates, because it is a livelihood, because I have a great urge to do it, because many interesting challenges are set up, and because I have the hope it may do some good.
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Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.
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You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
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It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
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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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Let the meek inherit the earth — they have it coming to them.
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