Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
JAMES THURBERIt is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
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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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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Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.
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There are two kinds of light – the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
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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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Two is company, four is a party, three is a crowd. One is a wanderer.
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Things have dropped from me. I have outlived certain desires; I have lost friends, some by death… others through sheer inability to cross the street.
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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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A false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.
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Comedy has ceased to be a challenge to the mental processes. It has become a therapy of relaxation, a kind of tranquilizing drug.
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If you wonder which is the stronger sex, watch which one twists the other around her little finger.
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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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The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself.
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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 things we laugh at are awful while they are going on, but get funny when we look back. And other people laugh because they’ve been through it too. The closest thing to humor is tragedy.
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