"The difference between our decadence and the Russians……" — James Thurber
"The difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic."
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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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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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Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.
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More Apathetic Quotes
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Does anyone really go into nursing intending to be apathetic, cold and removed from suffering? I find that very difficult…
— Jo Brand
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I have seen good nurses and bad nurses. They existed along a continuum: from hard-working, kind and competent people, to…
— Jo Brand
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Take a nation, tell the people there is no God, tell them there is nothing beyond the grave, and they…
— Shelton Smith
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The future does not belong to those who are content with today, apathetic toward common problems and their fellow man…
— Robert Kennedy
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When blacks are unemployed, they are considered lazy and apathetic. When whites are unemployed, it's considered a depression.
— Jesse Jackson
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People are always shouting they want to create a better future. It's not true. The future is an apathetic void…
— Milan Kundera
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Mourn not the dead that in the cool earth lie, but rather mourn the apathetic, throng the coward and the…
— Ralph Chaplin
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We're at a point in history where everyone needs to pay attention to politics. Too much is at stake for…
— Kevin Costner
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To live each day as though one's last, never flustered, never apathetic, never attitudinizing - here is the perfection of…
— Marcus Aurelius
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People can be so apathetic. They continue to ignore the real people trapped in poverty and homelessness. It's almost maddening
— Daphne Zuniga
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Being a geek is a great thing. I think we're all geeks. Being a geek means you're passionate about something…
— Masi Oka
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I remember, when I was in university I studied history, and there was this one major historian of the Third…
— Sacha Baron Cohen
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