For one thing, she pronounced flowers ‘flars’ and I couldn’t let it slide.
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
More James Thurber Quotes
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Where most of us end up there is no knowing, but the hellbent get where they are going.
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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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Man is troubled by what might be called the Dog Wish, a strange and involved compulsion to be as happy and carefree as a dog.
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I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.
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Reason is 6/7 of treason.
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The unicorn is a mythical beast.
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I always begin at the left with the opening word of the sentence and read toward the right and I recommend this method.
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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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There are two kinds of light – the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
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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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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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You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
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She wasn’t much to look at but she was something to think about.
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Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.
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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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