A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.
JAMES THURBERA pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps.
More James Thurber Quotes
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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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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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Mutual suspicions of mental inadequacy are common during the first year of any marriage.
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Reason is 6/7 of treason.
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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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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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There are two kinds of light – the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
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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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The trouble with the lost generation is that it didn’t get lost enough.
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Discussion in America means dissent.
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You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.
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Comedy has to be done en clair. You can’t blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear.
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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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Humor and pathos, tears and laughter are, in the highest expression of human character and achievement, inseparable.
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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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