“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
Author: James Thurber
Category: truth
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The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless
“The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless mirth, so important to the success of comedy, cannot be understood unless one sits among the audience and feels the warmth created by the quality of laughter that the audience takes home with it.”
— James Thurber
Author: James Thurber
Category: success
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Let us not look back in anger,
“Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.”
— James Thurber
Author: James Thurber
Category: fear
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The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless
“The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless mirth, so important to the success of comedy, cannot be understood unless one sits among the audience and feels the warmth created by the quality of laughter that the audience takes home with it.”
— James Thurber
Author: James Thurber
Category: home
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All men should strive to learn before
“All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.”
— James Thurber
Author: James Thurber
Category: men
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Humor is a serious thing. I like
“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
Author: James Thurber
Category: humor
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Women are wiser than men because they
“Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.”
— James Thurber
Author: James Thurber
Category: men
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Progress was all right. Only it went
“Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.”
— James Thurber
Author: James Thurber
Category: funny
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The nation that complacently and fearfully allows
“The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth.”
— James Thurber
Author: James Thurber
Category: humor
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake.
“The most dangerous food is wedding cake.”
— James Thurber
Author: James Thurber
Category: wedding
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The animals that depend on instinct have
“The animals that depend on instinct have an inherent knowledge of the laws of economics and of how to apply them; Man, with his powers of reason, has reduced economics to the level of a farce which is at once funnier and more tragic than Tobacco Road.”
— James Thurber
Author: James Thurber
Category: knowledge
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