"Salvador [Dali] was brought up in Spain, a……" — 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 Ohio, a region steeped in the tradition of Coxey's Army, the Anti-Saloon League, and William Howard Taft."
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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 Anti Quotes
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I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and…
— Paul Auster
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Please don't make the mistake of thinking that 'Oryx and Crake' is anti-science. Science is a way of knowing, and…
— Margaret Atwood
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I'm a total Democrat. I'm anti-Republican. And it's only fair that you know it... I'm liberal. The L word!
— Lauren Bacall
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I wish the American media would take a great look at the views of the people in Congress and find…
— Michele Bachmann
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Anti-Semitism has no historical, political and certainly no philosophical origins. Anti-Semitism is a disease.
— Daniel Barenboim
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My father was a Party member and he was a pretty high rank military officer under the colonel, junior colonel,…
— Mikhail Baryshnikov
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Anti-Semitism is the rumour about the Jews.
— Theodor Adorno
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Most American media outlets that are controlled by Jews seem to be reflexively, or at least habitually, anti-Israel.
— Conrad Black
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Everyone in comedy thinks if you go to the U.S. you become a global star but, unfortunately, I've always been…
— Jo Brand
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We've never been anti-Semitic.
— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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I see litter as part of a long continuum of anti-social behaviour.
— Bill Bryson
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Racism, anti-Semitism, homophobia, sexism, anything Nazi and a boatload of other things have no place in my life.
— Sandra Bullock
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