It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.

Quote by James Thurber

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Discussion in America means dissent.

Discussion in America means dissent.

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...

There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.

There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

Love is blind, but desire just doesn't give a good goddamn

Love is blind, but desire just doesn't give a good goddamn

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.

Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?

Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?

Ours is a precarious language, as every writer knows, in which the merest shadow line...

Ours is a precarious language, as every writer knows, in which the merest shadow line...

I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.

I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.

The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity,...

The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity,...

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...

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

Let the meek inherit the earth - they have it coming to them

Let the meek inherit the earth - they have it coming to them

The sanity of the average banquet speaker lasts about two and a half months; at...

The sanity of the average banquet speaker lasts about two and a half months; at...

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

A drawing is always dragged down to the level of its caption.

A drawing is always dragged down to the level of its caption.

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...

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable

Boys frustrate me. I hate all their indirect messages, I hate game playing. Do you...

Boys frustrate me. I hate all their indirect messages, I hate game playing. Do you...