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Richard67050939: You might as well fall flat on your face as bend over backwards. James Thurber

MelanieJaxn: "I used to wake up at 4 A.M. and start sneezing, sometimes for five hours. I tried to find out what sort of allergy I had but finally came to the conclusion that it must be an allergy to consciousness." ~ James Thurber

notionpress: 4. Get it written As James Thurber famously said, “Don’t get it right, get it written”. This is your mantra for writing the first draft. Write bold, write unfiltered.

kipr46191: Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long.,James Thurber, The 13 Clocks,time,

Angeliaworksof: Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness. - James Thurber

TrainingMindful: “Love is the strange bewilderment which overtakes one person on account of another person.” ~ James Thurber

HenryLeerhenry: The country of Mark Twain, George F. Kaufman, Charles Ferrar Browne (1st standup comic), Robert Benchley, Will Rogers, James Thurber & Flip Wilson needs more humorists to make us laugh at ourselves & the state of US politics.

JeaniClouse: Love is what you’ve been through with somebody. —James Thurber

MoiseNyarugabo: Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness. "James Thurber"

CandyFrank8: It is better to ask some of the questions than know all the answers. - James Thurber

mhiznyomi: Love is what you’ve been through with somebody. —James Thurber

davidfrum: Sometimes it's the shock of an alien perspective that does most to help us understand ourselves and our world. See James Thurber's "Interview with a Lemming":

modemjunkie: "Sometimes it's the shock of an alien perspective that does most to help us understand ourselves and our world. See James Thurber's "Interview with a Lemming":

GSWSyndicate: It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. ~James Thurber

AnOldLefty: People would come up to James Thurber and say they were from Columbus. If they pronounced it klumbus he knew they were.

dozee2009: All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why. - James Thurber The most difficult phase of life is not when no one understands you, it is when you don't understand yourself. - Anonymous

SamboGodwin: All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to why -James Thurber

SimonMagus: The whole *he/she/it is a nazi* thing reminds me of James Thurber's 'Very Proper Gander'

Carolannbagan: quote of the day: this is the posture of fortune's slave; one foot in the gravy, one foot in the grave - James Thurber

AntiBoobyfan: Love is what you’ve been through with somebody. —James Thurber

hollar4mimi: Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else? ~ James Thurber

APinkerton135: It appears we are losing the "you're/your" battle. Should we bother with the "lose/loose" issue? "Winston tastes good like it used to could!" --James Thurber

qtownrunner97: Love is the strange bewilderment which overtakes one person on account of another person. —James Thurber

whitedovecrafts: Book Excerpt: James Thurber on Journalism

tesyavalery23: Love is the strange bewilderment which overtakes one person on account of another person. —James Thurber

TechingCrewLLC: Progress was all right. Only it went on too long. James Thurber

BTR_KTR: “Everyone should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.” - James Thurber

HMProA: "Let us not look back in anger, not forward in fear, but around in awareness". - James Thurber

doc_nad: Spring, 1940 Rites of Spring: James Thurber New Yorker Cover Art

GSWSyndicate: It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. ~James Thurber

welfordwrites: I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell this at a glance - a sharp, vindictive glance. James Thurber

1gre_bot: Progress was all right. Only it went on too long. - James Thurber

bourne_2_learn: "All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why." [James Thurber]

walterhpierce2: This quote from James Thurber I have put into my W) Management and Leadership category. To study more quote-posters from the topic of Management and Leadership go to:

doanoxtuka949: Love is the strange bewilderment which overtakes one person on account of another person. —James Thurber

rufu5410: Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear.,James Thurber,Comedy, You, Saying ,

bsdfortune: Let the meek inherit the earth -- they have it coming to them. -- James Thurber

abc1ocomo: . Love is the strange bewilderment which overtakes one person on account of another person. —James Thurber

nattu727clover: Love is what you’ve been through with somebody. —James Thurber

Marktech: And it just reminded me of James Thurber's "The Day The Dam Broke", which I'm going to have to re-read

Ryanakachina: “Love is the strange bewilderment which overtakes one person on account of another person.” – James Thurber

miyonjoker: “Love is the strange bewilderment which overtakes one person on account of another person.” – James Thurber

Jcvest200Niall: “Love is the strange bewilderment which overtakes one person on account of another person.” – James Thurber

manqobamhp: “Love is the strange bewilderment which overtakes one person on account of another person.” – James Thurber

socialmsft199: “Love is the strange bewilderment which overtakes one person on account of another person.” – James Thurber

tAlAbErsss15: “Love is the strange bewilderment which overtakes one person on account of another person.” – James Thurber

udidndidnwali: “Love is the strange bewilderment which overtakes one person on account of another person.” – James Thurber

renniejacobs69: “Love is the strange bewilderment which overtakes one person on account of another person.” – James Thurber

ksixjdjsis: “Love is the strange bewilderment which overtakes one person on account of another person.” – James Thurber

rossouwkyla541: “Love is the strange bewilderment which overtakes one person on account of another person.” – James Thurber

RealComedyTruth: “Love is the strange bewilderment which overtakes one person on account of another person.” – James Thurber

AngieBumz09: “Love is the strange bewilderment which overtakes one person on account of another person.” – James Thurber

bianzchuin: “Love is the strange bewilderment which overtakes one person on account of another person.” – James Thurber

dpacheco6709: “Love is the strange bewilderment which overtakes one person on account of another person.” – James Thurber

breeweese1: “Love is the strange bewilderment which overtakes one person on account of another person.” – James Thurber

NimatDawood1D: “Love is the strange bewilderment which overtakes one person on account of another person.” – James Thurber

alwiyahsuzika: “Love is the strange bewilderment which overtakes one person on account of another person.” – James Thurber

adyjonelo: “Love is the strange bewilderment which overtakes one person on account of another person.” – James Thurber

KungFuShoesSays: "I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed." James Thurber

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AncientWisdomHQ: "I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed." - James Thurber

Thouotes: "I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed." — James Thurber

SarcasmLiving: "I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed." — James Thurber

HerliLie: quote of the day quotes of the day James Thurber: "I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed."

keaplin: "I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed." -- James Thurber,

RDobbson1: James Thurber "The Owl Who Was God"

doc_nad: "That's my first wife up there, and this is the present Mrs. Harris." James Thurber The New Yorker, March 16, 1935 Harry Bliss: Inspired by James Thurber

Glarvin1: Beautiful things don’t ask for attention- James Thurber

doc_nad: James Thurber, The New Yorker, March 18, 1939... eBay 101: New Yorker Cartoon Doggerel

doc_nad: "Are you the young man that bit my daughter?" JamesThurber Books: The Sixth New Yorker Album and My Life and Hard Times by James Thurber

kodreaaaaaaaaa: “Love is the strange bewilderment which overtakes one person on account of another person.” – James Thurber KODREA AS JOSHMANDY TCEP1

atabara43702572: The most dangerous food is wedding cake.,James Thurber,Wedding, Cake, Dangerous ,

koukoukyuzi8989: “Love is the strange bewilderment which overtakes one person on account of another person.” – James Thurber

jqsnw1412: “Love is the strange bewilderment which overtakes one person on account of another person.” – James Thurber

producedbymeo: Let’s not look back in anger, or forward in fear. But around in awareness. - James Thurber

welfordwrites: You can fool too many people, too much of the time. James Thurber

Eve_Castle: 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

heiseikirin622: Love is what you’ve been through with somebody. —James Thurber

riverrunner06: they’re going to have to stop identifying as a “woman” because that’s offensive now. To quote the great (male) humorist, James Thurber, “You might as well fall flat on your face as bend over too far backwards.”

welfordwrites: Progress was all right. Only it went on too long. James Thurber

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paradigmsolves: If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons. -James Thurber

GSWSyndicate: It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. ~James Thurber

english_sougo: "Early to rise and early to bed makes a male healthy and wealthy and dead." James Thurber (1894-1961)

OreoVlog2: “Love is the strange bewilderment which overtakes one person on account of another person.” – James Thurber RECALLING 2YR OF FATEJO

souloman1: ALL PEOPLE-> >SHOULD STRIVE TO LEARN,-> >BEFORE THEY DIE:-> WHAT THEY ARE RUNNING FROM >AND TO,-> >AND WHY? -James Thurber INYJC!!!

doc_nad: "Well, well, darling, charades again?" Peter Arno Books: The Sixth New Yorker Album and My Life and Hard Times by James Thurber

Adolfo_MorenoS: Captain Mitty stood up and strapped on his huge Webley-Vickers automatic. “It’s forty kilometres through hell, sir,” said the sergeant. Mitty finished one last brandy. “After all,” he said softly, “what isn’t?” Siempre igual de bueno.

welfordwrites: Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else? James Thurber

ThatWeissGuy: work is getting shut down early today because of the nor'easter, so what if I put that time to use beating Golden Axe: Revenge of Death Adder and reading the James Thurber collection I got last week

SidFudd: James Thurber once described how his mother threw a dozen eggs at the wall bcause she'd always wanted to throw a dozen eggs. Well I just bought $400 worth of pies. I have 19 pies with my name on them. They are mine. I am an adult

ElsieSnuffin: "Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?" ~ James Thurber

PeehDaudi27: Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear.,James Thurber,Comedy, You, Saying ,

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GuitarGuitjoGuy: "It's a naive domestic burgundy without any breeding, but I think you'll be amused by its presumption." ~ James Thurber

LifeCoachMary: Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness. ~James Thurber

mariadurda24: “Love is the strange bewilderment which overtakes one person on account of another person.” – James Thurber

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