James Joyce

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James Thurber

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A drawing is always dragged down to the level of its caption.
James Thurber

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

All men kill the thing they hate, too, unless, of course, it kills them first.
James Thurber

All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.
James Thurber

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

But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep?
James Thurber

Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear.
James Thurber

Discussion in America means dissent.
James Thurber

Don't get it right, just get it written.
James Thurber

Early to rise and early to bed makes a man healthy, wealthy, and dead.
James Thurber

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.
James Thurber

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

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
James Thurber

I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell this at a glance - a sharp, vindictive glance.
James Thurber

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

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

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

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

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

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

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William James

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A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.
William James

A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
William James

A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him.
William James

Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
William James

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
William James

Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.
William James

Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and feeling go together; and by regulating the action, which is under the more direct control of the will, we can indirectly regulate the feeling, which is not.
William James

An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible.
William James

An idea, to be suggestive, must come to the individual with the force of revelation.
William James

Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
William James

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
William James

Belief creates the actual fact.
William James

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
William James

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.
William James

Compared to what we ought to be, we are half awake.
William James

Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state.
William James

Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.
William James

Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month in a year, whether he feels like taking it or not.
William James

Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.
William James

Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.
William James

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Biography
Type: Philosopher
Nationality: American
Born: January 11, 1842
Died: August 26, 1910

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James Thurber

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All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why. James ThurberHe knows all about art, but he doesn't know what he likes. James ThurberHe who hesitates is sometimes saved. James ThurberHuman 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. James Thurber I hate women because they always know where things are. James Thurber I loathe the expression "What makes him tick." It is the American mind, looking for simple and singular solution, that uses the foolish expression. A person not only ticks, he also chimes and strikes the hour, falls and breaks and has to be put together again, and sometimes stops like an electric clock in a thunderstorm. James ThurberI 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 ThurberIt had only one fault. It was kind of lousy. James ThurberIt is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. James Thurber Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation. James ThurberThe only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel. James Thurber The paths of glory at least lead to the grave, but the paths of duty may not get you any where. James Thurber The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people--that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature. James ThurberThere are two kinds of light--the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures. James Thurber Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else? James ThurberI 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, "Carpe Noctem, If You Can", in "Credos and Curios" (1962)The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself. James Thurber, in Edward R. Murrow television interview 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, My Life and Hard Times (1933)Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone? James Thurber, New Yorker cartoon caption, June 5, 1937You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward. James Thurber, New Yorker, Apr. 29, 1939 "The Bear Who Let It Alone"You can fool too many of the people too much of the time. James Thurber, New Yorker, Apr. 29, 1939 "The Owl who was God"Early to rise and early to bed makes a male healthy and wealthy and dead. James Thurber, New Yorker, Feb. 18, 1939 "The Shrike and the Chipmunks"There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else. James Thurber, New Yorker, Feb. 4, 1939, "The Fairly Intelligent Fly"

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James M. Barrie

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A safe but sometimes chilly way of recalling the past is to force open a crammed drawer. If you are searching for anything in particular you don't find it, but something falls out at the back that is often more interesting.
James M. Barrie

A woman can be anything the man who loves her would have her be.
James M. Barrie

Always be a little kinder than necessary.
James M. Barrie

Ambition - it is the last infirmity of noble minds.
James M. Barrie

Do you believe in fairies? Say quick that you believe. If you believe, clap your hands!
James M. Barrie

Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough, You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it.
James M. Barrie

Every man who is high up likes to think that he has done it all himself, and the wife smiles and lets it go at that.
James M. Barrie

Everytime a child says 'I don't believe in fairies' there is a a little fairy somewhere that falls down dead.
James M. Barrie

For several days after my first book was published, I carried it about in my pocket and took surreptitious peeps at it to make sure the ink had not faded.
James M. Barrie

God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.
James M. Barrie

His lordship may compel us to be equal upstairs, but there will never be equality in the servants hall.
James M. Barrie

I am not young enough to know everything.
James M. Barrie

I know not, sir, whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if he did not, it seems to me that he missed the opportunity of his life.
James M. Barrie

I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg.
James M. Barrie

It is not real work unless you would rather be doing something else.
James M. Barrie

Let no one who loves be unhappy, even love unreturned has its rainbow.
James M. Barrie

Life is a long lesson in humility.
James M. Barrie

Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.
James M. Barrie

Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.
James M. Barrie

Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?
James M. Barrie

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Biography
Type: Playwright
Nationality: British
Born: May 9, 1860
Died: June 19, 1937

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James Thurber

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A drawing is always dragged down to the level of its caption.
James Thurber

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

All men kill the thing they hate, too, unless, of course, it kills them first.
James Thurber

All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.
James Thurber

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

But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep?
James Thurber

Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear.
James Thurber

Discussion in America means dissent.
James Thurber

Don't get it right, just get it written.
James Thurber

Early to rise and early to bed makes a man healthy, wealthy, and dead.
James Thurber

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.
James Thurber

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

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
James Thurber

I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell this at a glance - a sharp, vindictive glance.
James Thurber

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

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

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

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

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

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

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All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why. James ThurberHe knows all about art, but he doesn't know what he likes. James ThurberHe who hesitates is sometimes saved. James ThurberHuman 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. James Thurber I hate women because they always know where things are. James Thurber I loathe the expression "What makes him tick." It is the American mind, looking for simple and singular solution, that uses the foolish expression. A person not only ticks, he also chimes and strikes the hour, falls and breaks and has to be put together again, and sometimes stops like an electric clock in a thunderstorm. James ThurberI 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 ThurberIt had only one fault. It was kind of lousy. James ThurberIt is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. James Thurber Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation. James ThurberThe only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel. James Thurber The paths of glory at least lead to the grave, but the paths of duty may not get you any where. James ThurberThe wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people--that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature. James ThurberThere are two kinds of light--the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures. James Thurber Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else? James ThurberI 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, "Carpe Noctem, If You Can", in "Credos and Curios" (1962)The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself. James Thurber, in Edward R. Murrow television interview 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, My Life and Hard Times (1933)Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone? James Thurber, New Yorker cartoon caption, June 5, 1937You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward. James Thurber, New Yorker, Apr. 29, 1939 "The Bear Who Let It Alone"You can fool too many of the people too much of the time. James Thurber, New Yorker, Apr. 29, 1939 "The Owl who was God"Early to rise and early to bed makes a male healthy and wealthy and dead. James Thurber, New Yorker, Feb. 18, 1939 "The Shrike and the Chipmunks"There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else. James Thurber, New Yorker, Feb. 4, 1939, "The Fairly Intelligent Fly"

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P. D. James

Showing quotations 1 to 2 of 2 total It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life. P. D. James What a child doesn't receive he can seldom later give. P. D. James, Time to Be in Earnest

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James Lileks

Showing quotations 1 to 2 of 2 total I want to believe in intelligent design, and hence I am suspicious of anything that seems to confirm my desire to believe. James Lileks, The Bleat web log, September 15, 2003 A Children?s Museum, however, is more of a Funatorium. You are encouraged to touch things, which is poor training for subsequent museum visitation. James Lileks, The Bleat, 03-20-2006

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James M. Barrie

A safe but sometimes chilly way of recalling the past is to force open a crammed drawer. If you are searching for anything in particular you don't find it, but something falls out at the back that is often more interesting.
James M. Barrie

A woman can be anything the man who loves her would have her be.
James M. Barrie

Always be a little kinder than necessary.
James M. Barrie

Ambition - it is the last infirmity of noble minds.
James M. Barrie

Do you believe in fairies? Say quick that you believe. If you believe, clap your hands!
James M. Barrie

Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough, You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it.
James M. Barrie

Every man who is high up likes to think that he has done it all himself, and the wife smiles and lets it go at that.
James M. Barrie

Everytime a child says 'I don't believe in fairies' there is a a little fairy somewhere that falls down dead.
James M. Barrie

For several days after my first book was published, I carried it about in my pocket and took surreptitious peeps at it to make sure the ink had not faded.
James M. Barrie

God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.
James M. Barrie

His lordship may compel us to be equal upstairs, but there will never be equality in the servants hall.
James M. Barrie

I am not young enough to know everything.
James M. Barrie

I know not, sir, whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if he did not, it seems to me that he missed the opportunity of his life.
James M. Barrie

I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg.
James M. Barrie

It is not real work unless you would rather be doing something else.
James M. Barrie

Let no one who loves be unhappy, even love unreturned has its rainbow.
James M. Barrie

Life is a long lesson in humility.
James M. Barrie

Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.
James M. Barrie

Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.
James M. Barrie

Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?
James M. Barrie

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James Thurber

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All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why. James ThurberHe knows all about art, but he doesn't know what he likes. James ThurberHe who hesitates is sometimes saved. James ThurberHuman 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. James Thurber I hate women because they always know where things are. James Thurber I loathe the expression "What makes him tick." It is the American mind, looking for simple and singular solution, that uses the foolish expression. A person not only ticks, he also chimes and strikes the hour, falls and breaks and has to be put together again, and sometimes stops like an electric clock in a thunderstorm. James ThurberI 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 ThurberIt had only one fault. It was kind of lousy. James ThurberIt is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. James Thurber Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation. James ThurberThe only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel. James Thurber The paths of glory at least lead to the grave, but the paths of duty may not get you any where. James ThurberThe wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people--that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature. James ThurberThere are two kinds of light--the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures. James Thurber Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else? James ThurberI 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, "Carpe Noctem, If You Can", in "Credos and Curios" (1962)The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself. James Thurber, in Edward R. Murrow television interview 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, My Life and Hard Times (1933)Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone? James Thurber, New Yorker cartoon caption, June 5, 1937You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward. James Thurber, New Yorker, Apr. 29, 1939 "The Bear Who Let It Alone"You can fool too many of the people too much of the time. James Thurber, New Yorker, Apr. 29, 1939 "The Owl who was God"Early to rise and early to bed makes a male healthy and wealthy and dead. James Thurber, New Yorker, Feb. 18, 1939 "The Shrike and the Chipmunks"There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else. James Thurber, New Yorker, Feb. 4, 1939, "The Fairly Intelligent Fly"

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James Dean

An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences life has to offer. In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.
James Dean

Being a good actor isn't easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I'm done.
James Dean

Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and imagination, and that's all you have.
James Dean

But you can't show some far off idyllic conception of behavior if you want the kids to come and see the picture. You've got to show what it's really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.
James Dean

Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.
James Dean

I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed.
James Dean

I think the one thing this picture shows that's new is the psychological disproportion of the kids' demands on the parents. Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
James Dean

I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day.
James Dean

If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he's dead, then maybe he was a great man.
James Dean

Only the gentle are ever really strong.
James Dean

Studying cows, pigs and chickens can help an actor develop his character. There are a lot of things I learned from animals. One was that they couldn't hiss or boo me.
James Dean

The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
James Dean

The only greatness for man is immortality.
James Dean

There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning.
James Dean

To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication.
James Dean

To me, acting is the most logical way for people's neuroses to manifest themselves, in this great need we all have to express ourselves.
James Dean

To my way of thinking, an actor's course is set even before he's out of the cradle.
James Dean

Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.
James Dean

When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting. It's following instructions. Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that.
James Dean

Biography
Type: Actor
Born: February 8, 1931
Died: September 30, 1955

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James Howell

Showing quotations 1 to 1 of 1 total Respect a man, he will do the more. James Howell

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James M. Barrie

A safe but sometimes chilly way of recalling the past is to force open a crammed drawer. If you are searching for anything in particular you don't find it, but something falls out at the back that is often more interesting.
James M. Barrie

A woman can be anything the man who loves her would have her be.
James M. Barrie

Always be a little kinder than necessary.
James M. Barrie

Ambition - it is the last infirmity of noble minds.
James M. Barrie

Do you believe in fairies? Say quick that you believe. If you believe, clap your hands!
James M. Barrie

Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough, You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it.
James M. Barrie

Every man who is high up likes to think that he has done it all himself, and the wife smiles and lets it go at that.
James M. Barrie

Everytime a child says 'I don't believe in fairies' there is a a little fairy somewhere that falls down dead.
James M. Barrie

For several days after my first book was published, I carried it about in my pocket and took surreptitious peeps at it to make sure the ink had not faded.
James M. Barrie

God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.
James M. Barrie

His lordship may compel us to be equal upstairs, but there will never be equality in the servants hall.
James M. Barrie

I am not young enough to know everything.
James M. Barrie

I know not, sir, whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if he did not, it seems to me that he missed the opportunity of his life.
James M. Barrie

I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg.
James M. Barrie

It is not real work unless you would rather be doing something else.
James M. Barrie

Let no one who loves be unhappy, even love unreturned has its rainbow.
James M. Barrie

Life is a long lesson in humility.
James M. Barrie

Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.
James M. Barrie

Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.
James M. Barrie

Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?
James M. Barrie

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James Thurber

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All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why. James ThurberHe knows all about art, but he doesn't know what he likes. James ThurberHe who hesitates is sometimes saved. James ThurberHuman 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. James Thurber I hate women because they always know where things are. James Thurber I loathe the expression "What makes him tick." It is the American mind, looking for simple and singular solution, that uses the foolish expression. A person not only ticks, he also chimes and strikes the hour, falls and breaks and has to be put together again, and sometimes stops like an electric clock in a thunderstorm. James ThurberI 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 ThurberIt had only one fault. It was kind of lousy. James ThurberIt is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. James Thurber Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation. James ThurberThe only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel. James Thurber The paths of glory at least lead to the grave, but the paths of duty may not get you any where. James ThurberThe wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people--that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature. James ThurberThere are two kinds of light--the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures. James Thurber Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else? James ThurberI 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, "Carpe Noctem, If You Can", in "Credos and Curios" (1962)The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself. James Thurber, in Edward R. Murrow television interview 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, My Life and Hard Times (1933)Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone? James Thurber, New Yorker cartoon caption, June 5, 1937You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward. James Thurber, New Yorker, Apr. 29, 1939 "The Bear Who Let It Alone"You can fool too many of the people too much of the time. James Thurber, New Yorker, Apr. 29, 1939 "The Owl who was God"Early to rise and early to bed makes a male healthy and wealthy and dead. James Thurber, New Yorker, Feb. 18, 1939 "The Shrike and the Chipmunks"There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else. James Thurber, New Yorker, Feb. 4, 1939, "The Fairly Intelligent Fly"

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Alice James

Showing quotations 1 to 1 of 1 total One has a greater sense of intellectual degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience. Alice James

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William James

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A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.
William James

A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
William James

A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him.
William James

Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
William James

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
William James

Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.
William James

Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and feeling go together; and by regulating the action, which is under the more direct control of the will, we can indirectly regulate the feeling, which is not.
William James

An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible.
William James

An idea, to be suggestive, must come to the individual with the force of revelation.
William James

Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
William James

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
William James

Belief creates the actual fact.
William James

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
William James

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.
William James

Compared to what we ought to be, we are half awake.
William James

Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state.
William James

Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.
William James

Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month in a year, whether he feels like taking it or not.
William James

Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.
William James

Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.
William James

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James Thorpe

Showing quotations 1 to 1 of 1 total Household tasks are easier and quicker when they are done by somebody else. James Thorpe

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