James Thurber Quotes
When all things are equal, translucence in writing is more effective than transparency, just as glow is more revealing than glare.James Thurber
Quotes to Explore
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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
Victor Borge -
I still have a fear of theater. I don't know if I will manage that. I used to do it. I developed a bit of a phobia. It's not a real phobia. I can go in and watch.
Laura Fraser -
As I've traveled around the country, it has surprised me how many times I've heard people in small businesses use that word 'saved.' I believe many small businesses would not have had access to credit and would not have survived without the $50 billion that we were able to put into the market.
Karen Mills -
I think that in Mexico, we must change some practices that were built during the 72 years of predominance in Mexico. Former presidents would just hide away, run away or disappear. And I think it's key in a democracy that presidents face people, see eye to eye to citizens and work to keep on contributing to the - to Mexico.
Vicente Fox -
Robots are good at things that are structured.
Vijay Kumar -
The environmental movement, like all political processes, reacts best to disasters. But these are very slow, very gradual disasters in the making.
Ted Danson
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When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?
Quentin Crisp -
I go straight from thinking about my narrator to being him.
S. E. Hinton -
Rarely do we stop and consider whether the most prestigious of institutions is always in our best interest.
Malcolm Gladwell -
I never feel there's anything I can't do.
Daniel Clowes -
During my childhood, I was surrounded by actors, and all I remember is they were fun to be around. That kind of sticks.
Jack Davenport -
I certainly don't have any boundaries myself, but I think I'm very aware of other people's.
Gaby Hoffmann
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I knew Hunter Thompson since the '70s, and I loved him, but he would wear me out as I got older.
P. J. O'Rourke -
Hindi films are so deceptive. I thought Mumbai was this big, grand, beautiful city with sea-facing flats.
Yami Gautam -
To understand how Republicans lost the African American vote, we must first understand how we won the African American vote.
Rand Paul -
The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.
Oscar Wilde -
I've definitely become smuttier. When I first started out, I had these aspirations: 'I'm not going to do jokes about anything crude because I'm bigger and better than that.' But then, I don't know... It makes me laugh, so I started doing it.
Jack Whitehall -
You think you're looking at things all the time, but you're not looking at things, you're looking at what your brain is interpreting through light and color. And who knows what everybody else sees?
Fiona Apple
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I think the biggest change has been realizing I now have three children.
Katey Sagal -
Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
Lou Holtz -
I work with the macro economy, which involves the major variables that measure the health of the whole economy, such as total consumption, investment, income, employment, and inflation.
Clive Granger -
Now, I am completely independent - I earn my living by speaking and writing.
Karen Hughes -
With my writing, I try to do stuff I have not done before. Each time I sit down, I want to have a new experience, and by extension, I want my readers to have a different experience.
Jacqueline Woodson -
When all things are equal, translucence in writing is more effective than transparency, just as glow is more revealing than glare.
James Thurber