James Thurber

A drawing is always dragged down to the level of its caption. A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense. ↗

— James Thurber

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Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness. ↗

— James Thurber

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I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere. ↗

— James Thurber

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It is better to have loafed and lost, than never to have loafed at all. ↗

— James Thurber

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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. ↗

— James Thurber

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Progress was all right. Only it went on too long. ↗

— James Thurber

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I used to wake up at 4 A.M. and start sneezing, sometimes for five hours. I tried to find out what sort of allergy I had but finally came to the conclusion that it must be an allergy to consciousness. ↗

— James Thurber

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Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more. ↗

— James Thurber

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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? ↗

— James Thurber

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A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense. ↗

— James Thurber

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