142 ordspråk av James Thurber

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James Thurber föddes den December 8th 1894 och dog den 2 November 1961 - US writer
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 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.

 There is, of course, a certain amount of drudgery in newspaper work, just as there is in teaching classes, tunneling into a bank, or being President of the United States.

 These are rifle shots that certainly hurt the party but I don't think it's a wave that comes through and wipes out a lot of people.

 They don't care about (Bush's) legacy. They care about getting re-elected.

 Things have dropped from me. I have outlived certain desires; I have lost friends, some by death... others through sheer inability to cross the street.

 This is a very black day for the White House, and it's going to be very hard for the president to dig out of this. Bush is in trouble. He is going to have a difficult time moving any part of his domestic agenda.

 This is the most important turning point for his administration in terms of turning down and losing support.

 Unless artists can remember what it was to be a little boy, they are only half complete as artist and as man.

 We all have faults, and mine is being wicked.

 We all know that the theater and every play that comes to Broadway have within themselves, like the human being, the seed of self-destruction and the certainty of death. The thing is to see how long the theater, the play, and the human being can last in spite of themselves.

 Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?

 what they are running from, and to, and why.

 When all things are equal, translucence in writing is more effective than transparency, just as glow is more revealing than glare.

 Whether it's a crisis or not depends on how long these high prices are sustained.

 While he was not as dumb as an ox, he was not any smarter either.


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