James Thurber Quotes

James Thurber Quotes

James Thurber Quotes

Consider the following quotes by James Thurber:

"He knows all about art, but he doesn't know what he likes."

"Human Dignity has gleamed only now and then and here and there, in lonely splendor, throughout the ages, a hope of the better men, never an achievement of the majority."

"He who hesitates is sometimes saved."

"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."

"It had only one fault. It was kind of lousy."

"I hate women because they always know where things are."

"Her own mother lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all over the house."

"It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers."

"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."

"I loathe the expression "What makes him tick." It "

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