Americans want to go to heaven without dying.
JAMES THURBERDon’t get it right, just get it written.
More James Thurber Quotes
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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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There is something about a poet which leads us to believe that he died, in many cases, as long as 20 years before his birth.
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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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Somebody has said that woman’s place is in the wrong. That’s fine. What the wrong needs is a woman’s presence and a woman’s touch. She is far better equipped than men to set it right.
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Love is what you’ve been through with somebody.
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Writers of comedy have outlook, whereas writers of tragedy have, according to them, insight.
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It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
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Don’t get it right, just get it written.
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Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
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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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I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.
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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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The act of writing is either something the writer dreads or actually likes, and I actually like it. Even re-writing’s fun. You’re getting somewhere, whether it seems to move or not.
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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 most dangerous food is wedding cake.
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