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James Thurber
When all things...
When all things are equal, translucence in writing is more effective than transparency, just as glow is more revealing...
Sixty minutes of...
Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.
My drawings have...
My drawings have been described as pre-intentionalist, meaning that they were finished before the ideas for them had...
It is better...
It is better to have loafed and lost than never to have loafed at all.
Source:...
You can fool...
You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
Source: Fables for Our...
All men should...
All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and...
He knows all...
He knows all about art, but he doesn't know what he likes.
Source: In Webster's...
Art -- the...
Art -- the one achievement of Man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well...
A drawing is...
A drawing is always dragged down to the level of its caption.
Source: New Yorker ...
Early to rise...
Early to rise and early to bed makes a man healthy and wealthy and dead.
Source:...
Speed is scarcely...
Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards. There is a sense of...
It is better...
It is better to know some of the questions than all the answers.
Source: In 1,911...
A pinch of...
A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps.
Source: In Webster's Electronic...
There is, of...
There is, of course, a certain amount of drudgery in newspaper work, just as there is in teaching classes, tunneling...
It had only...
It had only one fault. It was kind of lousy.
Source: When asked his opinion of a...
While he was...
While he was not as dumb as an ox, he was not any smarter either.
Source: In
Writers of comedy...
Writers of comedy have outlook, whereas writers of tragedy have, according to them,...
A burden in...
A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.
Source: In Webster's Electronic...
You might as...
You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.
Source:...
Why do you...
Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?
Source: Attrib. Actually...