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title: "12 Long Quotes By James Thurber"
description: "12 Long quotes by James Thurber. Plus more from James Thurber and more Long sayings from other authors."
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> [Art – the one achievement of man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thurber/art-the-one-achievement-of-man-which-has-made-the-long-trip-up-from/)

[James Thurber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thurber/)

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> [Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thurber/progress-was-all-right-only-it-went-on-too-long/)

[James Thurber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thurber/)

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> [No male can beat a female in the long run because they have it over us in sheer, damn longevity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thurber/no-male-can-beat-a-female-in-the-long-run-because-they-have-it-over/)

[James Thurber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thurber/)

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> [Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thurber/time-is-for-dragonflies-and-angels-the-former-live-too-little-and-the/)

[James Thurber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thurber/)

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> [Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thurber/man-has-gone-long-enough-or-even-too-long-without-being-man-enough-to/)

[James Thurber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thurber/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thurber/there-is-something-about-a-poet-which-leads-us-to-believe-that-he/)

[James Thurber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thurber/)

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> [I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thurber/i-do-not-have-a-psychiatrist-and-i-do-not-want-one-for-the-simple/)

[James Thurber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thurber/)

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> [I drew pictures rapidly and with few lines, because I had to write most of the pieces, too, and couldn't monkey long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thurber/i-drew-pictures-rapidly-and-with-few-lines-because-i-had-to-write/)

[James Thurber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thurber/)

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> [We all know that the theater and every play that comes to Broadway have within themselves, like the human being, the seed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thurber/we-all-know-that-the-theater-and-every-play-that-comes-to-broadway/)

[James Thurber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thurber/)

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> [It did not take Man long-probably not more than a hundred centuries-to discover that all the animals except the dog were impossible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thurber/it-did-not-take-man-long-probably-not-more-than-a-hundred-centuries/)

[James Thurber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thurber/)

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> [I have figured for you the distance between the horns of a dilemma, night and day, and A and Z. I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thurber/i-have-figured-for-you-the-distance-between-the-horns-of-a-dilemma/)

[James Thurber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thurber/)

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> [Every man is occasionally visited by the suspicion that the planet on which he is riding is not really going anywhere; that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thurber/every-man-is-occasionally-visited-by-the-suspicion-that-the-planet-on/)

[James Thurber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thurber/)

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## Other authors on Long

## More by James Thurber

> [ Salvador \[Dali\] was brought up in Spain, a country colored by the legends of Hannibal, El Greco, and Cervantes. I was brought up in… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thurber/salvador-dali-was-brought-up-in-spain-a-country-colored-by-the/)

[James Thurber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thurber/)

> [“Her own mother lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all over the house.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thurber/her-own-mother-lived-the-latter-years-of-her-life-in-the-horrible/)

[James Thurber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thurber/)

> [“Against the may, the could be, and the should, folly 'tis to balance doubt or hope.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thurber/against-the-may-the-could-be-and-the-should-folly-tis-to-balance/)

[James Thurber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thurber/)

> [Love is the strange bewilderment that overtakes one person on account of another person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thurber/love-is-the-strange-bewilderment-that-overtakes-one-person-on-account/)

[James Thurber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thurber/)

> [“ There was an old coddle so molly, He talked in a glot that was poly, His gaws were so gew That his laps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thurber/there-was-an-old-coddle-so-molly-he-talked-in-a-glot-that-was-poly/)

[James Thurber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thurber/)

> [“you might as well fall on your face as lean over too far backwards”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thurber/you-might-as-well-fall-on-your-face-as-lean-over-too-far-backwards/)

[james thurber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thurber/)

> [I myself have known some profoundly thoughtful dogs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thurber/i-myself-have-known-some-profoundly-thoughtful-dogs/)

[James Thurber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thurber/)

> [He knows all about art, but he doesn't know what he likes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thurber/he-knows-all-about-art-but-he-doesn-t-know-what-he-likes/)

[James Thurber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thurber/)

> [All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thurber/all-men-should-strive-to-learn-before-they-die-what-they-are-running/)

[James Thurber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thurber/)

> [Quick, name some towns in New Jersey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thurber/quick-name-some-towns-in-new-jersey/)

[James Thurber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thurber/)

> [Looks can be deceiving; it's eating that's believing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thurber/looks-can-be-deceiving-it-s-eating-that-s-believing/)

[James Thurber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thurber/)

> [“I don’t understand,” said the scientist, “why you lemmings all rush down to the sea and drown yourselves.” “How curious,” said the lemming. “The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thurber/i-don-t-understand-said-the-scientist-why-you-lemmings-all-rush-down/)

[James Thurber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thurber/)

> [Humor does not include sarcasm, invalid irony, sardonicism, innuendo, or any other form of cruelty. When these things are raised to a high point…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thurber/humor-does-not-include-sarcasm-invalid-irony-sardonicism-innuendo-or/)

[James Thurber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thurber/)

> [Where most of us end up there is no knowing, but the hellbent get where they are going.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thurber/where-most-of-us-end-up-there-is-no-knowing-but-the-hellbent-get/)

[James Thurber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thurber/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thurber/comedy-has-to-be-done-en-clair-you-can-t-blunt-the-edge-of-wit-or-the/)

[James Thurber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thurber/)

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