Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.
JAMES THURBERI never quite know when I’m not writing. Sometimes my wife comes up to me at a party and says, “Dammit, Thurber, stop writing.” She usually catches me in the middle of a paragraph.
More James Thurber Quotes
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Don’t count your boobies until they are hatched.
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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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Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
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Writers of comedy have outlook, whereas writers of tragedy have, according to them, insight.
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You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
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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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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.
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One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
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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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I never quite know when I’m not writing. Sometimes my wife comes up to me at a party and says, “Dammit, Thurber, stop writing.” She usually catches me in the middle of a paragraph.
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Discussion in America means dissent.
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A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.
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The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth.
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But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep?
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So much has already been written about everything that you can’t find out anything about it.
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