James Thurber Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 8, 1894 - November 2, 1961

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I am a very hopeful person.

Jessica Capshaw

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Apart from a period of crisis during my adolescence, when my voice was changing and I could not tame it - it was like a kicking foal that does not listen to reason - I have always been told I have a pleasant and recognizable voice.

Andrea Bocelli

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I found that music was my favorite art form.

Andy Grammer

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Were I ever alone in the dock, I would not want to be arraigned before our flawed tribunals, knowing my freedom could be forfeit as a result of political pressures. I would prefer a fair trial, under the shadow of the noose.

Michael Gove

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I kind of had to figure stuff out on my own and get myself snowboarding competitively again. I went through all types of different legs to try to learn which were going to work for me. Luckily, I was able to figure it out.

Amy Purdy

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For some reason I get this key position of being one of two people that started the company that started the revolution.

Steve Wozniak

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The goal was not only to teach people the Bible and minister to people personally and spiritually, but also to build a church to be community focused.

Tony Evans

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My dream is to be a farmer myself, but also to provide opportunities to others who don't have the land or the resources, in order to grow food themselves and teach them how to do it.

Rose Namajunas

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In 2004, there were more black men disenfranchised than in 1870 - the year the 15th Amendment was ratified, prohibiting laws that deny the right to vote exclusively on the basis of race.

Michelle Alexander

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In principle, skeptics are neither closed-minded nor cynical. We are curious but cautious.

Michael Shermer

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Debt certainly isn't always a bad thing. A mortgage can help you afford a home. Student loans can be a necessity in getting a good job. Both are investments worth making, and both come with fairly low interest rates.

Jean Chatzky

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Herbert Hoover versus Al Smith in 1928 was one of the dirtiest elections in American history.

Joseph Cummins

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