I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.
JAMES THURBERThe most dangerous food is wedding cake.
More James Thurber Quotes
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The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man has frequently dragged the dog down to his.
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Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long.
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Reason is 6/7 of treason.
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A false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.
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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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I myself have known some profoundly thoughtful dogs.
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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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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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The most dangerous food is wedding cake.
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Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.
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There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.
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She wasn’t much to look at but she was something to think about.
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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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Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.
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A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps.
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