"I do not have a psychiatrist and I……" — 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."
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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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More Disturbed Quotes
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one of 269 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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To be misunderstood can be the writer's punishment for having disturbed the reader's peace. The greater the disturbance, the greater…
— Anatole Broyard
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No one is so brave that he is not disturbed by something unexpected.
— Julius Caesar
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I had a terrible education. I attended a school for emotionally disturbed teachers.
— Woody Allen
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The function of the artist in a disturbed society is to give awareness of the universe, to ask the right…
— Marina Abramovic
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Today, our attention is less than the television advertisement. We're looking at six or seven problems constantly. We're living in…
— Marina Abramovic
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All Americans, not only in the states most heavily affected but in every place in this country, are rightly disturbed…
— William J. Clinton
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People are disturbed enough by serial killers, but the whole notion of female violence, particularly maternal violence - the idea…
— Caleb Carr
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But Mr. Hale resolved that he would not be disturbed by any such nonsensical idea; so he lay awake, determining…
— Elizabeth Gaskell
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From the latter he is defended by being well armed and having good allies, and if he is well armed…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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The Professor took the old practices and studied them, worked out their mechanical principles and then devised a graded scientific…
— John Dewey
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Arabia was idolatrous when, six centuries after Jesus, Muhammad introduced the worship of the God of Abraham, of Ishmael, of…
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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What a curious creature is man; with what a variety of powers and faculties is he endued; yet how easily…
— James Boswell
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