"I can feel a thing I cannot touch……" — James Thurber
"I can feel a thing I cannot touch and touch a thing I cannot feel. The first is sad and sorry, the second is your heart."
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98 Quotes by James Thurber
James Thurber has 98 quotes on this site.
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When man gives up on reforming and inspiring society he also gives up his freedom.
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Human Dignity has gleamed only now and then and here and there, in lonely splendor, throughout the ages, a hope…
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The difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic.
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Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.
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Love is what you've been through with somebody.
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Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
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Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
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If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and…
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It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
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I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.
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All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake.
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We cannot feel strongly toward the totally unlike because it is unimaginable, unrealizable; nor yet toward the wholly like because…
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Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil and, if they cannot, feel they have lost their…
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Those who cannot feel the littleness of great things in themselves are apt to overlook the greatness of little things…
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The life of a sannyasin should be a life of no expectations. And then every moment is such a bliss,…
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A lot of what is called 'public service' consists of making hoops for other people to jump through. It is…
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In the presence of God, nothing stands between Him and us - we are forgiven. But we cannot feel His…
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Boredom is the consciousness of repetition. Because animals cannot remember the past, they cannot feel bored. They cannot remember the…
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One may gain political and social independence, but if one is a slave to his passions and desires, one cannot…
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Anger is a divinely implanted emotion. Closely allied to our instinct for right, it is designed to be used for…
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