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James Thurber Quotes

American - Author | December 8, 1894 - November 2, 1961

Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months and 90 years.

Understanding Beyond Years Sure Ages

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

Women Children Think Somewhere Get

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.

Start Wake Up Find Sometimes Out Up

Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch up with himself in a great rear end collision.

Great Man World Flying End Fast

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

Wise Sense Make Word Sufficient

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

Hate Men First Course Them Thing

There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.

Safety Numbers Anything Else

Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards. There is a sense of getting somewhere fast, which satisfies a native American urge.

Curious American Speed Fast Virtue

There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.

Rule Every Exception No Exception

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

Thinking Kind Confusion Lead Sixty

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

Dog Man I Am Tell Cat Sharp

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.

Truth Simple Man Face Enough Long

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