James Thurber Quotes

You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.

James Thurber

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FaceYouFallOverWellLean

I think that 99 percent of the time, I'm jocular, lighthearted.

Andrew Breitbart

TimeThinkLightheartedPercent

When I was growing up, rock & roll helped give me my sense of identity, but I had to search for it.

Trent Reznor

IdentityMeGrowing UpSearchRock

Yield to temptation. It may not pass your way again.

Robert A. Heinlein

FunnyTemptationWayMayPassAgain

My mother was a good woman.

Logic

GoodMotherWoman

I had such a good time working with Paul Feig on 'Spy.'

Jason Statham

GoodTimeSpyGood TimeWorkingHad

In politics almost all of us are nerds, so that's just a given... but we're cool nerds.

Jonathan Krohn

PoliticsCoolUsNerdsJustAlmost

It's funny. When I saw the script in my inbox and it said 'Sparkle,' I thought, 'For real? It's really called 'Sparkle?' I was wondering, too, how does 'Jordin Sparks as Sparkle' sound?

Jordin Sparks

FunnySparkleThoughtSaidSound

Government or politics in America today is big business. Everybody makes money involving themselves in one way or the other, whether it's pollsters, whether they are policy wonks, whether they are pundits, whether they are those who believe that they must call it as they see it and then to be fair about it.

Douglas Wilder

BusinessTodayMoneyPoliticsWay

I'm representing the Bahamas; I'm representing a lot of islands - it's a whole nation behind me, on my back.

Deandre Ayton

MeBackNationWholeBehindBahamas

I'm not a comedian, I'm an actor.

Chris Diamantopoulos

ActorComedian

Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.

William Shakespeare

AdversityMenWiseMeWise MenSay

The hardships that I encountered in the past will help me succeed in the future.

Philip Emeagwali

MotivationalFuturePastMeSucceed

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