James Thurber Quotes

There is something about a poet which leads us to believe that he died, in many cases, as long as 20 years before his birth.

James Thurber

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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My parents have always been very supportive.

Jessica Williams

ParentsAlwaysBeenSupportiveVery

It is far easier for a woman to lead a blameless life than it is for a man; all she has to do is to avoid sexual intercourse like the plague.

Angela Carter

LifeWomanManSheLeadPlague

I'm the field producer whose job it is to manipulate the contestants to get them to do what we really want them to do to get the footage to make the show.

Shiri Appleby

JobWantProducerShowGetWhose

It's nice to create something you believe in. It's even nicer to dance to your own tunes sometimes.

Shreya Ghoshal

DanceBelieveYouCreateNiceOwn

You know, I have found a new way to get high and stay spaced out for hours on end, and the government can't stop me... It's called senility.

Robert Anton Wilson

GovernmentMeEndYouStopKnow

It is time for a leader who will lead.

Mitch McConnell

LeaderTimeWillLeadWho

You've got all that 130 km. of being totally focused, and as soon as you cross the line, it takes a few seconds to realise what's happened.

Lizzie Armitstead

YouFocusedLineBeingGotHappened

For previous generations, swimming the English Channel was the feat to accomplish. And that's been done.

Diana Nyad

SwimmingAccomplishDoneEnglish

I look back at Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan, and especially Betty Carter, whom I admire the most, and I say, OK, they set a standard of excellence. I listen to them not for what they are doing, but to study where they are coming from because, for me, jazz is life experience.

Dianne Reeves

LifeExperienceExcellenceMeDoing

It's clear on the one hand that an education enriches and informs a response to beauty, even makes it possible in esoteric cases. On the other hand, there's no question that someone with no musical education whatsoever might wander into a concert hall and be overwhelmed by the 'Beethoven Pastoral Symphony'.

Denis Dutton

EducationBeautySomeoneWanderHand

I'm very proud of my roles. I enjoy the ability to touch millions of people and, in some way, connect with them in ways that I cannot connect with them in my normal, everyday life.

Delroy Lindo

LifePeopleProudEnjoyTouchWay

Fear is the lengthened shadow of ignorance.

Arnold H. Glasow

FearIgnoranceShadow

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