All men should strive to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.

Quote by James Thurber

Topics: Finding Yourself Quotes, Self Discovery Quotes

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known...

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known...

The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of...

The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of...

You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.

You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.

All men kill the thing they hate, too, unless, of course, it kills them first.

All men kill the thing they hate, too, unless, of course, it kills them first.

There is something about a poet which leads us to believe that he died, in...

There is something about a poet which leads us to believe that he died, in...

The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless mirth, so important to the success of comedy,...

The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless mirth, so important to the success of comedy,...

Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between...

Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between...

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

Editing should be, especially in the case of old writers, a counseling rather than a...

Editing should be, especially in the case of old writers, a counseling rather than a...

Love is a many splintered thing.

Love is a many splintered thing.

Love is what you've been through with somebody.

Love is what you've been through with somebody.

Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our...

Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our...

The most dangerous food is wedding cake

The most dangerous food is wedding cake

My opposition to Interviews lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or...

My opposition to Interviews lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or...

Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.

Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.

There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.

There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.

Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?

Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Calories are just little tiny creatures that live in your closet and sew your clothes...

Calories are just little tiny creatures that live in your closet and sew your clothes...

Hark to the whimper of the seagull. / He weeps because he's not an ea-gull....

Hark to the whimper of the seagull. / He weeps because he's not an ea-gull....