What did James Thurber mean by: The trouble with the lost generation is that it didn’t get lost enough. James Thurber Writer · USA Copy
Youcanfooltoomanyofthepeopletoomuchofthetime. See Lincoln 510:35. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James Thurber, Deception, Manipulation, Politics, 0 James Thurber Writer · USA
I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James Thurber, Children, Leadership, Women, 0 James Thurber Writer · USA
You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James Thurber, Balance, Caution, Risk, 0 James Thurber Writer · USA
The pounding of the cylinders increased: ta-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James Thurber, Noise, Power, Technology, 0 James Thurber Writer · USA
+ He who hesitates is sometimes saved. Author, September 15, 2023January 2, 2025, James Thurber, Opportunity, Risk, Timing, 0 James Thurber Writer · USA
Where most of us end up there is no knowing, but the hellbent get where they are going. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James Thurber, Destiny, Determination, Uncertainty, 0 James Thurber Writer · USA
One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James Thurber, Balance, Desire, Moderation, 0 James Thurber Writer · USA
+ I love the idea of there being two sexes, don’t you? Author, September 13, 2023January 2, 2025, James Thurber, Gender, Perspectives, Society, 0 James Thurber Writer · USA
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Cultivate everything the critics hated in your first work – that’s what makes you unique. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
There’s no such thing as autobiography, there’s only art and lies Jeanette Winterson Author · England
