Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
JAMES THURBERLooks can be deceiving; it’s eating that’s believing.
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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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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A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps.
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When all things are equal, translucence in writing is more effective than transparency, just as glow is more revealing than glare.
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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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Let the meek inherit the earth — they have it coming to them.
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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 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
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Humor and pathos, tears and laughter are, in the highest expression of human character and achievement, inseparable.
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A false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.
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The trouble with the lost generation is that it didn’t get lost enough.
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Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man.
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A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.
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The unicorn is a mythical beast.
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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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