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James Thurber Quotes

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself Picture Quote #1

Unless artists can remember what it was to be a little boy, they are only half complete as artist and as man Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Art – the one achievement of man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised Picture Quote #1

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I can feel a thing I cannot touch and touch a thing I cannot feel. The first is sad and sorry, the second is your heart Picture Quote #1

Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long Picture Quote #1

I’m 65 and I guess that puts me in with the geriatrics. But if there were fifteen months in every year, I’d only be 48. That’s the trouble with us. We number everything. Take women, for example. I think they deserve to have more than twelve years between the ages of 28 and 40 Picture Quote #1

Authors of light pieces have, nobody knows why, a genius for getting into minor difficulties: they walk into the wrong apartments, they drink furniture polish for stomach bitters, they drive their cars into the prize tulip beds of haughty neighbors, they playfully slap gangsters, mistaking them for old school friends Picture Quote #1

Precision of communication is important, more important than ever, in our era of hair trigger balances, when a false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act Picture Quote #1

She came naturally by her confused and groundless fears, for her own mother lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all over the house Picture Quote #1

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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 (James Thurber Quotes) 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 (James Thurber Quotes) The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself (James Thurber Quotes) Unless artists can remember what it was to be a little boy, they are only half complete as artist and as man (James Thurber Quotes) 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 (James Thurber Quotes) Art – the one achievement of man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised (James Thurber Quotes) I can feel a thing I cannot touch and touch a thing I cannot feel. The first is sad and sorry, the second is your heart (James Thurber Quotes) Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long (James Thurber Quotes) I’m 65 and I guess that puts me in with the geriatrics. But if there were fifteen months in every year, I’d only be 48. That’s the trouble with us. We number everything. Take women, for example. I think they deserve to have more than twelve years between the ages of 28 and 40 (James Thurber Quotes) Authors of light pieces have, nobody knows why, a genius for getting into minor difficulties: they walk into the wrong apartments, they drink furniture polish for stomach bitters, they drive their cars into the prize tulip beds of haughty neighbors, they playfully slap gangsters, mistaking them for old school friends (James Thurber Quotes) Precision of communication is important, more important than ever, in our era of hair trigger balances, when a false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act (James Thurber Quotes) She came naturally by her confused and groundless fears, for her own mother lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all over the house (James Thurber Quotes)

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