I don’t believe the writer should know too much where he’s going. If he does, he runs into old man blueprintold man propaganda.
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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A false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.
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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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There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.
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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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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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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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Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.
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One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
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Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.
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Discussion in America means dissent.
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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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The unicorn is a mythical beast.
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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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For one thing, she pronounced flowers ‘flars’ and I couldn’t let it slide.
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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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