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James Thurber Quotes

All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why Picture Quote #1

The paths of glory at least lead to the grave, but the paths of duty may not get you any where Picture Quote #1

Women deserve to have more than twelve years between the ages of twenty eight and forty Picture Quote #1

How is it possible, woman, in the awful and magnificent times we live in, to be preoccupied exclusively with the piddling? Picture Quote #1

Where most of us end up there is no knowing, but the hellbent get where they are going Picture Quote #1

This is the posture of fortune's slave: one foot in the gravy, one foot in the grave Picture Quote #1

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Most of the faint intimations of immortality of which we are occasionally aware would seem to arise out of art or the materials of art Picture Quote #1

Comedy has ceased to be a challenge to the mental processes. It has become a therapy of relaxation, a kind of tranquilizing drug Picture Quote #1

Though statisticians in our time have never kept the score, man wants a great deal here below and Woman even more Picture Quote #1

The human being says that the beast in him has been aroused, when what he actually means is that the human being in him has been aroused Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Ours is a precarious language, as every writer knows, in which the merest shadow line often separates affirmation from negation, sense from nonsense, and one sex from the other Picture Quote #1

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So much has already been written about everything that you can't find out anything about it Picture Quote #1

Until a man can quit talking loudly to himself in order to shout down the memories of blunderings and gropings, he is in no shape for the painstaking examination of distress Picture Quote #1

Surely no other American institution is so bound around and tightened up by rules, strictures, adages, and superstitions as the Broadway theatre Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

There is, of course, a certain amount of drudgery in newspaper work, just as there is in teaching classes, tunneling into a bank, or being President of the United States Picture Quote #1

Get it right or let it alone. The conclusion you jump to may be your own Picture Quote #1

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It takes that je ne sais quoi which we call sophistication for a woman to be magnificent in a drawing room when her faculties have departed but she herself has not yet gone home Picture Quote #1

Some American writers who have known each other for years have never met in the daytime or when both were sober Picture Quote #1

Hundreds of hysterical persons must confuse these phenomena with messages from the beyond and take their glory to the bishop rather than the eye doctor Picture Quote #1

I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed Picture Quote #1

I always begin at the left with the opening word of the sentence and read toward the right and I recommend this method Picture Quote #1

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons Picture Quote #1

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Boys are beyond the range of anybody’s sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months and 90 years Picture Quote #1

Last night I dreamed of a small consolation enjoyed only by the blind: Nobody knows the trouble I’ve not seen! Picture Quote #1

The sanity of the average banquet speaker lasts about two and a half months; at the end of that time he begins to mutter to himself, and calls out in his sleep Picture Quote #1

The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody’s guess Picture Quote #1

The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why (James Thurber Quotes) The paths of glory at least lead to the grave, but the paths of duty may not get you any where (James Thurber Quotes) Women deserve to have more than twelve years between the ages of twenty eight and forty (James Thurber Quotes) How is it possible, woman, in the awful and magnificent times we live in, to be preoccupied exclusively with the piddling? (James Thurber Quotes) Where most of us end up there is no knowing, but the hellbent get where they are going (James Thurber Quotes) This is the posture of fortune's slave: one foot in the gravy, one foot in the grave (James Thurber Quotes) Most of the faint intimations of immortality of which we are occasionally aware would seem to arise out of art or the materials of art (James Thurber Quotes) Comedy has ceased to be a challenge to the mental processes. It has become a therapy of relaxation, a kind of tranquilizing drug (James Thurber Quotes) Though statisticians in our time have never kept the score, man wants a great deal here below and Woman even more (James Thurber Quotes) The human being says that the beast in him has been aroused, when what he actually means is that the human being in him has been aroused (James Thurber Quotes) 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 (James Thurber Quotes) Ours is a precarious language, as every writer knows, in which the merest shadow line often separates affirmation from negation, sense from nonsense, and one sex from the other (James Thurber Quotes) So much has already been written about everything that you can't find out anything about it (James Thurber Quotes) Until a man can quit talking loudly to himself in order to shout down the memories of blunderings and gropings, he is in no shape for the painstaking examination of distress (James Thurber Quotes) Surely no other American institution is so bound around and tightened up by rules, strictures, adages, and superstitions as the Broadway theatre (James Thurber Quotes) 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 (James Thurber Quotes) There is, of course, a certain amount of drudgery in newspaper work, just as there is in teaching classes, tunneling into a bank, or being President of the United States (James Thurber Quotes) Get it right or let it alone. The conclusion you jump to may be your own (James Thurber Quotes) It takes that je ne sais quoi which we call sophistication for a woman to be magnificent in a drawing room when her faculties have departed but she herself has not yet gone home (James Thurber Quotes) Some American writers who have known each other for years have never met in the daytime or when both were sober (James Thurber Quotes) Hundreds of hysterical persons must confuse these phenomena with messages from the beyond and take their glory to the bishop rather than the eye doctor (James Thurber Quotes) I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed (James Thurber Quotes) I always begin at the left with the opening word of the sentence and read toward the right and I recommend this method (James Thurber Quotes) If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons (James Thurber Quotes) Boys are beyond the range of anybody’s sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months and 90 years (James Thurber Quotes) Last night I dreamed of a small consolation enjoyed only by the blind: Nobody knows the trouble I’ve not seen! (James Thurber Quotes) The sanity of the average banquet speaker lasts about two and a half months; at the end of that time he begins to mutter to himself, and calls out in his sleep (James Thurber Quotes) The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody’s guess (James Thurber Quotes) The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel (James Thurber Quotes) 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 (James Thurber Quotes)

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