Humor and pathos, tears and laughter are, in the highest expression of human character and achievement, inseparable.
JAMES THURBERThere is something about a poet which leads us to believe that he died, in many cases, as long as 20 years before his birth.
More James Thurber Quotes
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Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.
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Beautiful things don’t ask for attention.
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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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Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
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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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A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.
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Looks can be deceiving; it’s eating that’s believing.
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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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A false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.
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Two is company, four is a party, three is a crowd. One is a wanderer.
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I never really rallied after the birth of my first child.
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Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.
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She wasn’t much to look at but she was something to think about.
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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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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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